Nov 11 Watch Eleanor Catton reads from ‘The Luminaries’ Eleanor Catton reads from her award-winning novel, "The Luminaries."… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch ‘Depth of insight’ into human relations distinguishes Nobel-laureate Munro 'Depth of insight' into human relations distinguishes Nobel-laureate Munro… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch Alice McDermott invokes a voice little heard in life or literature for ‘Someone’ Alice McDermott invokes a voice little heard in life or literature for 'Someone'… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch In ‘Someone,’ Alice McDermott tells ‘ordinary’ woman’s tale In 'Someone,' Alice McDermott tells 'ordinary' woman's tale… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch Searching for Lessons on Education at Schools Around the Globe Searching for Lessons on Education at Schools Around the Globe… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Edwidge Danticat Reaches Back and Forward in Her New Novel Edwidge Danticat Reaches Back -- and Forward -- in Her New Novel Set in Haiti… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Edwidge Danticat Reflects on ‘Going Back’ to Haiti Through Her Writing In a seaside town in Haiti, a fisherman's daughter goes missing on her seventh birthday. What happens to the community as they search for her is the subject of a new novel, "Claire of the Sea Light." Acclaimed author Edwidge… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Gilding the Ages: Edith Wharton’s Berkshire Sanctuary Edith Wharton’s novels rarely go more than a couple of years without a film or television adaptation. They are certainly never absent from high school and college curricula. Wharton was a taste-maker in other ways -- she wrote popular books… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch Remembering Jack Germond, Stalwart of American Political Journalism Remembering Jack Germond, Stalwart of American Political Journalism… Continue watching
May 03 Watch In “Cooked,” Michael Pollan Reclaims Culture of Cooking In “Cooked,” Michael Pollan Reclaims Culture of Cooking… Continue watching