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Shakespeare Podcast
by Charles Altiere
Available on: Digital Download
Lectures on Shakespeare and readings of his best works.
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J.R.R. Tolkien
by Jeff Overstreet
Available on: Digital Download | Video Download
J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary works are often the subject of speakers that come to the SPU campus.
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Toni Morrison - 1993 Nobel Lecture
by Toni Morrison
Available on: Online Audio
"She is worried about how the language she dreams in, given to her at birth, is handled, put into service..."
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In Depth: Tom Wolfe
by Tom Wolfe
Available on: Online Video
On Sunday, December 5th, author Tom Wolfe was our guest on In Depth.
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C.S. Lewis: My Life's Journey
by C.S. Lewis
Available on: Online Video | Video Download
David Payne stars in this one-man play recalling the life and times of C.S. Lewis.
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William Golding - 1983 Nobel Lecture
by William Golding
Available on: Online Audio
"Put simply the novel stands between us and the hardening concept of statistical man."
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J.R.R. Tolkien: Father of Modern Fantasy Literature
by Christopher Mitchell
Available on: Online Video | Video Download
Although J.R.R. Tolkien did not invent heroic fantasy, in the latter part of the twentieth century, The Lord of the Rings has become almost a standard literary form for the genre.
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Saul Bellow - 1976 Nobel Lecture
by Saul Bellow
Available on: Online Audio
"The value of literature lies in these intermittent "true impressions".
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Isaac Bashevis Singer - 1978 Nobel Lecture
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Available on: Online Audio
"I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons..."
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Radical History
by Howard Zinn
Available on: Online Video
Howard Zinn speaks about his life and work.
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Bliss Broyard: One on One
by Bliss Broyard
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio
Bliss Broyard talks with Katherine Lanpher about her remarkable memoir, One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life -- A Story of Race and Family Secrets.
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Hermione Lee: One on One
by Hermione Lee
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio
Biographer Hermione Lee chats with Katherine Lanpher about the meticulous literary portraits she's painted of fascinating figures, including Victorian novelist Edith Wharton.
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An Evening with Tony Bennett: Live From B&N
by Tony Bennett
Available on: Video Download | Online Video
Tony Bennett takes the stage at our Union Square store in New York with Mario Cuomo, Mitch Albom, and coauthor Robert Sullivan to celebrate his beautiful bestselling book.
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