Stories Survive: Solomon Kofinas
More than 80% of Greek Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. Among them were the father, sister, mother, and baby brother of Solomon Kofinas, a...
Ling Shuhua: Her life and Place in the World Literature
A prominent writer of the 20th-century China, Ling Shuhua was active between the 1920s and the 1950s with a host of influential publications of short...
Jeff Deutsch presents In Praise of Good Bookstores, in conversation with Sarah McNally
Do we need bookstores in the twenty-first century? If so, what makes a good one? In this beautifully written book, Jeff Deutsch--the director of...
Here & Away: Audrey Schulman and Samantha Hunt Present The Dolphin House and The Unwritten Book
Audrey Schulman, author of Theory of Bastards, and Samantha Hunt, author of The Seas, will come together to discuss their new genre-bending works of...
Noble Volunteers: British Soldiers Who Fought in the American Revolution
Military histories often focus on battles campaigns, overlooking the soldiers who fought them. Who were the red-coated soldiers who formed the ranks...
Stories Survive: Ann Kliger Axelrod
April’s Stories Survive program features Ann Kliger Axelrod. Ann was born Elizabeth Benedikt on August 25, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary. On March 18,...
How Language Helped Shape China’s Rise
What was the biggest obstacle to China’s modernization as the Qing Dynasty collapsed? The Chinese language, according to Yale University Professor...
“The Murders of Moisés Ville” Book Talk
Moisés Ville was the epicenter of Argentine Jewish life during the 20th century. It was the first of many agricultural colonies founded by Jews who...
Panpocalypse by Carley Moore
Book launch. During the coronavirus pandemic, a queer disabled woman bikes through a locked-down NYC for the ex-girlfriend who broke her heart. In...
A Righteous Woman: Doña Gracia Mendes Nasi
Virtual event. Beatrice Nasi, who would come to be known as Doña Gracia, one of the richest women in the world, was born in 1510 in Portugal, where...
