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January 21, 2016

An Interview with Marianne Hirsch

Question: “Postmemory” – what is it? The description of your book claims that we can inherit other people’s memories, how so?nnMarianne Hirsch: “Postmemory” describes the relationship that the “generation after” bears to the personal, collective, and cultural trauma of those...

January 21, 2016

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January 21, 2016

An Interview with Ed Hess

The following is an interview with Ed Hess, author of Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of GrowthnnQuestion: Your book Smart Growth challenges the validity of long-held business beliefs that a business must “grow or die”...

January 21, 2016

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January 21, 2016

Colin Dayan’s Ethics Without Reason

Read an excerpt from a wonderful review of Colin Dayan’s WITH DOGS AT THE EDGE OF LIFE by Simon Waxman of the Boston Review.

January 21, 2016

Shirley Hazzard's Introduction to Iris Origo's LEOPARDI: A STUDY IN SOLITUDE

Shirley Hazzard discusses Giacomo Leopardi in this excerpt from WE NEED SILENCE TO FIND OUT WHAT WE THINK: SELECTED ESSAYS!

January 21, 2016

An Interview with Daniel Herwitz

The following is an interview with Daniel Herwitz, author of  The Star as Icon: Celebrity in the Age of Mass Consumption:nnQ: There’s a Lady Diana book industry out there that keeps the discount catalogues of England and America in business....

January 21, 2016

An Interview with Stephanie Hepburn

The following is an interview with Stephanie Hepburn, coauthor (with Rita Simon) of Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight (For more on the book, you can also watch a video of Stephanie Hepburn discussing the book.):nnQuestion: What...

January 21, 2016

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January 21, 2016

An Interview with Alan L. Heil, Jr.

ALAN L. HEIL, JR. TALKS VOICE OF AMERICA n nnIn Voice of America: A History, Alan L. Heil, Jr., former deputy director of VOA, chronicles the remarkable transformation of the VOA from a fledgling short wave propaganda organ during World War...

January 21, 2016

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January 21, 2016

An Interview with Robert W. Hanning

Robert W. Hanning was interviewed, on the publication of his book, Serious Play. Desire and Authority in the Poetry of Ovid, Chaucer, and Ariosto, by Pocahontas Perelstein, feminist critic and talk show host. A partial transcript follows:nnQ: How did this...

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