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Jacqueline Winspear - A Lesson in Secrets
Jacqueline Winspear visited P&P on April 2, 2011 to speak about her book, A Lesson in Secrets (Harper, $25.99). Winspear’s eighth Maisie Dobbs novel finds the former World War I nurse/psychologist...
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Louis Bayard - The School of Night
THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT, by Louis Bayard (Henry Holt, $25)Bayard’s acclaimed The Black Tower andThe Pale Blue Eye were artful combinations of history and fiction; his new novel takes the blurring of truth...
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Adam Hochschild -To End All Wars
On Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 7 p.m., Adam Hochschild (King Leopold's Ghost, Bury the Chains) presented his newest book To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918. Hochschild’s...
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Roy Blount, Jr. podcast - Alphabetter Juice
Roy Blount, Jr. visited Politics & Prose on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 to present his newest book, ALPHABETTER JUICE: or, The Joy of Text. Words have sense appeal, Blount declares. And proves. The...
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Ann Patchett podcast - State of Wonder
On Wednesday, June 8, 2011, Politics & Prose hosted Ann Patchett for her newest novel, State of Wonder. At once a vivid adventure story and an unfolding ethical dilemma, the latest novel from the...
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Ricky Riccardi & Sapphire
Ricky Riccardi spoke about his book, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years (Pantheon, $28.95), on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Click here to download an MP3 of the event or...
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Maya Soetoro-Ng podcast - Ladder to the Moon
On Saturday, July 16, 2011, Maya Soetoro-Ng gave a beautiful reading of her lyrical new book Ladder to the Moon (Candlewick, $16.99). A group from New York surprised the author with a unique...
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Howard Jacobson video - The Finkler Question
It has just come to our attention that our fora.tv link has been broken. You can now browse the events which we co-hosted at 6th & I Historic Synagogue by following the Events menu link on our...
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Ina Caro podcast - Paris to the Past
On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, Ina Caro presented her newest book Paris to the Past (W.W. Norton, $27.95) at Politics & Prose. In her second guide to seeing France, Caro lays out detailed itineraries...
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John A. Farrell podcast - Clarence Darrow
On Thursday, July 14, 2011, John A. Farrell presented his newest book Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned (Doubleday, $32.50) at Politics & Prose. A journalist, biographer of Tip O’Neill and...
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J. Courtney Sullivan podcast - Maine
On Wednesday, July 27, 2011, J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Commencement, visited Politics & Prose to read from her second novel MAINE (Knopf, $25.95). As the Kelleher clan gathers at the family’s...
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Sandra Beasley podcast - Don't Kill the Birthday Girl
On Saturday, July 23, award-winning poet Sandra Beasley presented her memoir Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life(Crown, $23), in which she chronicles her life-long allergies...
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Melanie Benjamin podcast - The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
After letting Alice Liddell tell her story in Alice I Have Been, Melanie Benjamin devotes her second historical novel - The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb - to capturing the life and times of Mercy...
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Jennifer Close podcast - Girls in White Dresses
On August 16, 2011, Jennifer Close read from her book Girls in White Dresses (Knopf, $24.95) at Politics & Prose. Close’s debut fiction chronicles the ups and downs, the heartaches and headaches,...
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Rory Stewart podcast - Can Intervention Work?
On August 15, 2011, Rory Stewart spoke about his newest book, Can Intervention Work?, which he wrote with Gerald Knaus. Combining first-hand experience in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Balkans, and other...
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Don Peck podcast - Pinched
On August 17, 2011, at 7 p.m., Don Peck presented his book Pinched: How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures and What We Can Do about It (Crown, $22). Pinched expands the theme of his article,...
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Calvin Trillin podcast - Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin
On the evening of Wednesday, September 14, Calvin Trillin spoke about his new collection, Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin, at Politics & Prose. Trillin’s humor knows no bounds. From politics to...
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Sylvia Nasar podcast - Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
On September 16, 2011, Sylvia Nasar spoke at Politics & Prose about her book, Grand Pursuit, in which she follows her bestselling biography, A Beautiful Mind, by showing thinkers in action. From...
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Stephen Greenblatt podcast - The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
On October 4, 2011, Stephen Greenblatt spoke at Politics & Prose about his book, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (W. W. Norton, $26.95). Could a book change the world? In Stephen...
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Jonathan Yardley podcast - Second Reading
On August 8, 2011, Jonathan Yardley spoke at Politics & Prose about his book, Second Reading: Notable Neglected Books Revisited (Europa, $16). It’s hard enough to keep up with all the new books...
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Elaine Pagels podcast - Revelations
On March 16, 2012, Elaine Pagels spoke at Politics & Prose about her book, Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation. In her bestsellingReading Judas and The Gnostic...
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Anne Lamott & Sam Lamott podcast - Some Assembly Required
On March 22, 2012, Anne Lamott spoke at Politics & Prose with her son Sam about their book, Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son. Co-written with her son Sam, subject of...
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Jennifer Close and Rebecca Harrington - 8-22-12
On August 22, 2012, Jennifer Close and Rebecca Harrington spoke at Politics & Prose about their booksGirls in White Dressesand Penelope. Join us for an evening of great summer fiction....
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Lawrence Wright - Going Clear - 1-24-13
On January 24, 2013, Lawrence Wright spoke at Politics & Prose about his book Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief. Wright examines what fundamentally makes a religion a...
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Paul Hendrickson - Hemingway's Boat - 10-2-11
On October 2, 2011, Paul Hendrickson spoke at Politics & Prose about his bookHemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost. You’ve heard of Hemingway’s wives, but what about Pilar? A...
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Alison Stewart - First Class - 8-26-13
On August 26, 2013, Alison Stewart spoke at Politics & Prose about her book First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public High School. Alison Stewart, a long-time radio and TV...
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Rebecca Sive - Every Day is Election Day - 8-27-13
On August 27, 2013, Rebecca Sive spoke at Politics & Prose about her book Every Day is Election Day. A public affairs consultant focusing on women’s roles in political leadership, Sive has...
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Joe Yonan - Eat Your Vegetables - 8-28-13
On August 28, 2013, Joe Yonan spoke at Politics & Prose about his book Eat Your Vegetables: Bold Recipes for the Single Cook. Drawing on his monthly “Cooking for One” column, the award-winning...
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Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal - The Gift of Adversity - 8-29-13
On August 29, 2013, Dr. Norman Rosenthal spoke at Politics & Prose about his book The Gift of Adversity: Unexpected Benefits from Life's Difficulties, Setbacks and Imperfections. A clinical...
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Christopher M. Schroeder - Startup Rising - 9-03-13
On September 3, 2013, Christopher M. Schroeder spoke at Politics & Prose about his book Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East. The political uprisings of Arab...
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