Abandonment & Slavery: Three Memoirs On A Mother’s Legacy
In How to Be Unmothered: A Trinidadian Memoir, Camille U. Adams maps the fault lines between mother and child against the backdrop of Trinidad’s colonial
On Antisemitism In America – Nonfiction
In Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Pamela S. Nadell traces nearly four centuries of antisemitism in the United States, from Peter Stuyvesant’s attempt to deport Jews
Coming Of Age: Surviving The Aids Crisis & Celebrity Chefs – Nonfiction
The Royal We: A Memoir documents Roddy Bottum’s coming of age – and out of the closet. Bottum chronicles his travels from growing up gay
Women In Comics – Nonfiction
In Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics, Margaret Stohl celebrates unsung yet critical contributors to comic lore’s “House of Ideas” from
Geoff Dyer On Homework: A Memoir
In Homework: A Memoir, Geoff Dyer recalls his postwar English childhood with comic affection. The son of a sheet-metal worker and local school dinner lady,
Surviving The Survivor With Joel Z. Waldman & Karmela Waldman – Nonfiction
Karmela Waldman is an octogenarian psychotherapist and Holocaust survivor. Her son, Joel Z. Waldman, is a successful broadcast journalist. Mastering podcasting is one thing; figuring
Thomas Chatterton Williams On The Demise Of Discourse – Nonfiction
This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. In Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse,
The Instability & Inherent Danger Of AI – Nonfiction
In The Intelligence Explosion: When AI Beats Humans at Everything, James Barrat shares tools to navigate the complex and often chaotic landscape of modern AI
Cross Currents: Haiti, Jamaica & The Caribbean Imagination – Fiction & Nonfiction
Join us for a special panel highlighting the literary dialogue between Haiti and Jamaica. Edwidge Danticat’s Watch Out for Falling Iguanas begins with young Leila
Looking For The Perfect Beat With Arthur Baker & Nelson George – Nonfiction
DJ, producer, and remixer Arthur Baker has shaped hip-hop, rock, and electronic genres, working with legendary artists like Diana Ross, Fleetwood Mac, and The Rolling
Russian Force & Folly – Nonfiction
This is a free event that requires a ticket for entry. In The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed
Sam Tanenhaus On The Revolutionary William F. Buckley Jr. – Nonfiction
In writing Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, biographer Sam Tanenhaus had extraordinary access to his subject. William F. Buckley Jr. himself