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Fall 2005 Season

Harold Bloom & Walt Whitman's
Leaves of Grass


Harold Bloom
Photo © Peter Foley

 Live from the NYPL

WOMEN OF MYSTERY: Nancy Drew Revisited. A Conversation with Melanie Rehak and Laura Lippman with moderator David Ferriero

David Ferriero Laura Lippman   Melanie Rehak
Photos © Peter Foley    

A Celebration of The Paris Review: Salman Rushdie, Philip Gourevitch and Miranda July with The Hungry March Band

Salman Rushdie Philip Gourevitch Miranda July Hungry March Band
Photos © Peter Foley    

THE PATRIOT ACT: Richard Posner and Geoffrey Stone

Richard Posner   Geoffrey Stone
Photos © Peter Foley  

Voices of A People's History of the United States: Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove

Howard Zinn Deepa Fernandes Brian Jones Christina Kirk Wally Shawn
Photos © Peter Foley      

ON VULGARITY: Adam Gopnik and Pascal Bruckner

 
Adam Gopnik Pascal Bruckner  

JOE LOUIS vs MAX SCHMELING: How A Two-Minute Boxing Event Altered History
A Conversation with David Margolick and Jeremy Schaap

Photos © Peter Foley David Margolick Jeremy Schaap

REREADINGS: Anne Fadiman, David Michaelis and David Samuels with moderator André Aciman

David Samuels André Aciman Anne Fadiman David Michaelis
Photos © Peter Foley    

WHEN THE WORLD GOES MAD: Simon Winchester

Photos © Peter Foley Simon Winchester

FOR THE CITY: Jenny Holzer light projections

Photos © Peter Foley  

NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND: Patrice Chéreau at Symphony Space

Photos © Peter Foley Patrice Chéreau

LOST (AND FOUND) IN TRANSLATION STORIES:
The MOTH with Eric Bogosian, Edith Grossman, Alan Rabinowitz, Michael Rips and Flash Rosenberg with host Paul Holdengräber

Michael Rips Alan Rabinowitz Flash Rosenberg Edith Grossman Eric Bogosian
Photos © Peter Foley      

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE: A Short Happy Evening of Song with Maira Kalman and Nico Muhly

Photos © Peter Foley Maira Kalman  

The Book that Changed My Life Marathon at Symphony Space

Ned Rorem Fritz Weaver Oskar Eustis Thelma Golden Tom Otterness
Photos © Peter Foley        

DESTROYING THE COLOR LINE: John Hope Franklin and President Bill Clinton

 
President Bill Clinton John Hope Franklin    
Photos © Peter Foley      

ORDINARY HEROES: Scott Turow and Jeffrey Toobin

Jeffrey Toobin   Scott Turow
Photos © Peter Foley  

ATTENTION SPAN: Rebecca Solnit and Jonathan Miller

Jonathan Miller Rebecca Solnit  
Photos © Peter Foley    

THE BATTLE OVER BOOKS: Authors & Publishers Take on the Google Print Library Project

Allan Adler David Drummond Lawrence Lessig Nick Taylor Chris Anderson
Photos © Peter Foley        

SLAVERY, LITERACY and FREEDOM

   
Caesar, A Slave, 1851    

GOING SANE: Adam Phillips and George Prochnik: A Conversation

Photos © Peter Foley Adam Phillips George Prochnik

GOPNIK x 2: Fact, Myth & Theory of Childhood

Photos © Peter Foley Adam Gopnik Alison Gopnik

LINCOLN'S MELANCHOLY: POWER & DEPRESSION
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and Joshua Wolf Shenk

Photos © Peter Foley Joshua Wolf Shenk Rosalynn Carter

ALICE WALKER and MARGO JEFFERSON: A Conversation

Photos © Peter Foley Margo Jefferson Alice Walker

Michael Kimmelman

Michael Kimmelman Photos © Peter Foley