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Writings of William Faulkner
by Thadious Davis
Available on: Online Video
From Rowan Oak, William Faulkner's home, the guests talked about his life and his writings, focusing on the Yoknapatawpha County novels.
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Writings of Mark Twain
by Roy Blount, Jr.
Available on: Online Video
Guests examined the history of post-Civil War Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and race relations through the writings of Mark Twain.
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Writings of James Baldwin
by Robin Kelley
Available on: Online Video
From the library of DeWitt Clinton High School, where James Baldwin attended school, guests examined racism in America and the rise of the civil rights movement through the life and writings of social critic James Baldwin.
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Writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald
by Eleanor Lanahan
Available on: Online Video
Guests talked about the life, works and legacy of author F. Scott Fitzgerald in an effort to learn about the Jazz Age and "the Roaring Twenties."
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Writings of Ernest Hemingway
by Susan Beegel
Available on: Online Video
From Ernest Hemingway's home in Key West, Florida, the guests talked about his life and writings, and how the history of the 1920s and 1930s was characterized in his novels and short stories, with emphasis on The Sun Also Rises.
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Writings of Emerson and Thoreau
by Dean Bradley
Available on: Online Video
Guests discussed the history of the Early Republic, the transcendental movement, and American intellectual history through the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
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Writings of Edith Wharton
by Shari Benstock
Available on: Online Video
Guests examined the history of the Gilded Age through the writings of Edith Wharton, author of The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth, The Custom of the Country and Ethan Frome.
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In Depth with Ron Powers
by Ron Powers
Available on: Online Video
Ron Powers was interviewed about his life and writings. He responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic mail.
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An Evening with Werner Herzog
by Werner Herzog
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
One of the most distinctive filmmakers of our time, Werner Herzog has been called the "romantic visionary" of the New German Cinema movement.
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W.B. Yeats: The Arch-Poet
by Roy Foster
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
Roy Foster speaks about the final volume in his acclaimed biography W.B. Yeats, A Life, Volume II: The Arch-Poet 1915-1939.
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