Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Series |
FN Issue |
Video |
Length |
02/08/2010 |
Sapphire | "When Push Comes to Precious: The Novel, the Film, the Reality" |
Poetry at the Athenaeum;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 25#7
Article 1 | Private | 63 min |
| |
03/26/1998 |
Edward Albee | “Playwright Reads From His Work” |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker |
Vol 13#9
Article 6 | N/A | 24 min |
| |
04/05/1999 |
Russell Banks | "Cloudsplitter" |
The Great American Epic;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 14#10
Article 6 | N/A | 60 min |
| |
02/15/2011 |
Charles Baxter | "An Evening with the Author" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
Department of Literature Speaker |
Vol 26#8
Article 6 | Private | 69 min |
| |
04/10/2001 |
Gillian Beer | "Darwin and the Former Giants" |
William F. Podlich Distinguished Visitor;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 16#10
Article 2 | Private | 78 min |
| |
04/12/2001 |
John Beer | "Romantic Apocalypses" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 16#10
Article 4 | Private | 62 min |
| |
03/01/1999 |
A. Scott Berg | "In Search of Lindbergh" |
The Great American Epic;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 14#8
Article 5 | | min |
| |
09/22/1997 |
A. Scott Berg | “The Goldwyn Age of Hollywood” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 13#1
Article 5 | | |
| |
04/24/1991 |
Ray Bradbury | “Creativity in the Next 100 Years” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 6#10
Article 6 | | min |
| |
04/24/1991 |
Ray Bradbury | “The Great Years Ahead” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 6#10
Article 7 | | min |
| |
02/11/2010 |
Adam Bradley | "Three Days before the Shooting by Ralph Ellison" |
CMC Faculty at the Athenaeum;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 25#7
Article 4 | Video A | 77 min |
| |
11/05/2003 |
Sylvia Brownrigg | "An Evening with Sylvia Brownrigg" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker;
Gay and Lesbian Writers in 20th Century Anglo-American Culture |
Vol 19#3
Article 12 | | |
| |
03/10/2005 |
A.S. Byatt | "Glass as Metaphor: Reflections on the Development of My Work" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker;
Department of Literature Speaker |
Vol 20#9
Article 4 | | |
| |
02/11/2010 |
John Callahan | "Three Days before the Shooting by Ralph Ellison" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 25#7
Article 4 | Video A | 77 min |
| |
02/13/1989 |
Nien Cheng | “Life and Death in Shanghai” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 4#5
Article 8 | N/A | 59 min |
| |
03/28/2000 |
Michelle Cliff | "Reads from Her Work" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
Department of Literature Speaker |
Vol 15#10
Article 2 | N/A | 56 min |
| |
02/03/2003 |
Michael Cunningham | "An Evening with the Author" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 18#6
Article 6 | N/A | 71 min |
| |
10/25/1984 |
John Dodds | "The Biography" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 99#4
Article 1 | | min |
| |
10/03/2000 |
Ariel Dorfman | "To Be Completely, Absolutely, and Irreversibly Bilingual" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker |
Vol 16#2
Article 2 | Private | 69 min |
| |
09/24/2001 |
Harlan Ellison | ''The Flight of the Curmudgeon: A Difficult Evening with Harlan Ellison'' |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 17#2
Article 1 | Private | 100 min |
| |
03/31/2010 |
Angus Fletcher | "The Tipping Point: How do Humanistic Studies Count?" |
William F. Podlich Distinguished Visitor;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 25#10
Article 3 | Video A | 70 min |
| |
04/12/2010 |
Angus Fletcher | "Poetic Wisdom and the Barbarism of Civilization" |
William F. Podlich Distinguished Visitor;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 25#10
Article 7 | | |
| |
01/30/1992 |
Barbara Foster | “Forbidden Journey: The Life of Alexandra David-Neel” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 7#5
Article 8 | N/A | 68 min |
| |
03/08/2010 |
Ian Frazier | "Ian Frazier and Jamaica Kincaid in Dialogue" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 25#9
Article 1 | | |
| |
10/04/1989 |
Carlos Fuentes | “An Evening with Carlos Fuentes” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 5#2
Article 3 | N/A | 75 min |
| |
03/04/1996 |
William Gibson | “Reading From 'Idoru'” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 11#8
Article 1 | N/A | 46 min |
| |
09/30/1993 |
Doris Kearns Goodwin | “The Private Lives of Our Public Figures: The Art of Biography” |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
Henry Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World Speaker |
Vol 9#1
Article 9 | N/A | 54 min |
| |
03/07/1995 |
Doris Kearns Goodwin | "Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Politician and the Agitator" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
President’s Office Speaker;
Henry Kravis Leadership Institute Speaker;
Department of History Speaker |
Vol 10#8
Article 2 | N/A | 63 min |
| |
10/17/1984 |
Charles Hession | “John Maynard Keynes” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 99#3
Article 2 | | min |
| |
03/25/2003 |
bell hooks | "Feminist Education: Changing All Our Lives" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
Sue Mansfield Commemorative Lecture;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker;
Department of History Speaker;
Dean of Faculty Speaker |
Vol 18#9
Article 6 | Private | 82 min |
| |
10/27/1987 |
John Irving | “A Prayer for Owen Meany” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 3#3
Article 2 | | min |
| |
10/28/1987 |
John Irving | “To Be a Writer” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 3#3
Article 2 | | min |
| |
02/11/2004 |
Aris Janigian | "Author Reads from His Work" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 19#6
Article 3 | | |
| |
09/20/2000 |
Gish Jen | "Cultural Identity in a Hyphenated America" |
Crossing Borders;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 16#1
Article 5 | Private | 60 min |
| |
04/11/1994 |
Thomas Keneally | “Schlinder’s List: Book and Film” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 9#10
Article 1 | | min |
| |
10/10/1995 |
William Kennedy | “Readings from 'The Flaming Corsage'” |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker |
Vol 11#2
Article 5 | N/A | 59 min |
| |
04/08/1992 |
Ken Kesey | “Sea Lion and the Bear” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 7#9
Article 7 | | min |
| |
09/14/1993 |
Ken Kesey | “The Legacy of Wallace Stegner” |
The Wallace Stegner Legacy;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 9#1
Article 1 | N/A | 56 min |
| |
03/08/2010 |
Jamacia Kincaid | "Ian Frazier and Jamaica Kincaid in Dialogue" |
CMC Faculty at the Athenaeum;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 25#9
Article 1 | | |
| |
03/04/2009 |
Jamaica Kincaid | "Coming of Age in a Small Place" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
Self and Society;
Dean of Faculty Speaker |
Vol 24#7
Article 9 | Video A | 70 min |
| |
10/03/2006 |
Maxine Hong Kingston | "Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace: A Reading" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Claremont McKenna College at 60 Years |
Vol 22#2
Article 6 | Video A | 71 min |
| |
02/06/1985 |
Maxine Hong Kingston | “Fulfillment and Denial of the American Dream” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 99#7
Article 2 | | min |
| |
02/07/1985 |
Maxine Hong Kingston | "Fulfillment and Denial of the American Dream" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 99#7
Article 2 | | |
| |
02/12/2002 |
Leszek Kolakowski | "On Natural Law" |
William F. Podlich Distinguished Visitor;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 17#7
Article 3 | N/A | 63 min |
| |
03/07/2002 |
Leszek Kolakowski | "On the Future of Truth" |
William F. Podlich Distinguished Visitor;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 17#8
Article 9 | Private | 56 min |
| |
09/23/2003 |
Tony Kushner | "A Conversation with Tony Kushner" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
Gay and Lesbian Writers in 20th Century Anglo-American Culture;
Landmark Anniversaries: Fifty Years after the McCarthy Hearnings;
Athenaeum Encores: Twenty Years at the Athenaeum (1983-2003);
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker |
Vol 19#1
Article 7 | | |
| |
04/23/1998 |
Tony Kushner | “The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 13#11
Article 8 | N/A | 70 min |
| |
04/16/2012 |
Tony Kushner | "A Conversation" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
Department of Literature Speaker;
Shifting Perceptions: Celebrating the Spectrum of Leadership |
Vol 27#12
Article 2 | | |
| |
10/11/2010 |
Jhumpa Lahiri | "A Reading" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 26#3
Article 2 | Private | 48 min |
| |
01/30/2001 |
Anne Lamott | "Author Reads From Her Work" |
Women and Spirituality;
Literature at the Athenaeum;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker |
Vol 16#5
Article 7 | Private | 80 min |
| |
11/05/1998 |
Chang-rae Lee | “A Reading” |
The State of Asian America: Identity, Politics, and Culture;
Literature at the Athenaeum;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker |
Vol 14#4
Article 11 | N/A | 51 min |
| |
02/20/1997 |
Seth Lerer | “Chaucer and His Voyeurs: Medieval Texts, Early Modern Readers” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 12#6
Article 9 | N/A | 63 min |
| |
05/03/2011 |
Seth Lerer | "Prayer and Possession: Stories of Devotion in a Newly Discovered Book of Hours" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker |
Vol 26#12
Article 13 | | |
| |
10/31/1994 |
Doris Lessing | “Readings From Her Work” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 10#3
Article 7 | N/A | 64 min |
| |
03/04/2004 |
Barbara Lewalski | "Why Milton Still Matters" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 19#7
Article 8 | | |
| |
02/24/2004 |
Barry Lopez | "Readings" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
George Roberts Environmental Center Speaker |
Vol #
Article 0 | | |
| |
10/01/2012 |
Robert Massie III | "History, Biography, and Human Agency" |
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker;
Literature at the Athenaeum;
Ricardo J. Quinones Lecture |
Vol 28#2
Article 1 | | |
| |
10/09/1996 |
Mas Masumoto | “An Evening with a Peach and Its Farmer” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 12#2
Article 8 | | min |
| |
10/23/2008 |
Ed McClanahan | "An Evening with the Author" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker |
Vol 24#3
Article 2 | Video A | 66 min |
| |
10/14/1998 |
David McCullough | "History as a Source of Strength" |
William F. Podlich Distinguished Visitor;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 14#3
Article 3 | N/A | 78 min |
| |
03/30/1993 |
Gerald McDermott | “Animated Mythology” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 8#8
Article 9 | | min |
| |
03/23/1994 |
John McPhee | “Rising From the Plains” |
The Wallace Stegner Legacy;
Literature at the Athenaeum;
George Roberts Environmental Center Speaker |
Vol 9#8
Article 5 | N/A | 65 min |
| |
03/23/1994 |
Yolanda McPhee | “Rising From the Plains” |
The Wallace Stegner Legacy;
Literature at the Athenaeum;
George Roberts Environmental Center Speaker |
Vol 9#8
Article 5 | N/A | 65 min |
| |
03/03/1997 |
Brian Moore | “A Reading and Discussion of His Work” |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
Department of Literature Speaker |
Vol 12#7
Article 6 | N/A | 40 min |
| |
10/10/2000 |
Cherrie Moraga | "The Dying Road to a Nation" |
Crossing Borders;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 16#2
Article 6 | Private | 74 min |
| |
09/18/2007 |
James Morrison | "A Conversation with Gore Vidal" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
CMC Faculty at the Athenaeum |
Vol 23#1
Article 5 | Video A | 67 min |
| |
03/03/1999 |
Bharati Mukherjee | "The American Epic: Who is Singing My Song?" |
The Great American Epic;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 14#8
Article 7 | N/A | 77 min |
| |
09/21/2004 |
Kathleen Norris | "Spiritual Practice and Social Justice" |
L.J. Kutten Lecture in Philosophy and Religion;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 20#1
Article 5 | | |
| |
11/13/1991 |
Tim O’Brien | “The Things They Carried” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 7#4
Article 3 | N/A | 72 min |
| |
10/29/1986 |
Joyce Carol Oates | “American Fiction in the Post WW II Era” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 2#3
Article 3 | | min |
| |
10/30/1986 |
Joyce Carol Oates | “An Evening with Joyce Carol Oates” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 2#3
Article 3 | | min |
| |
02/04/2013 |
Joyce Carol Oates | "An Evening with Joyce Carol Oates" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
President's Distinguished Speaker |
Vol 28#7
Article 7 | | |
| |
04/19/2001 |
Michael Ondaatje | "An Evening with Michael Ondaatje" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 16#10
Article 9 | | min |
| |
09/18/2008 |
Amos Oz | “Israel and the Question of Global Anti-Semitism” |
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker;
Literature at the Athenaeum;
Israel at 60 |
Vol 24#1
Article 5 | Private | 71 min |
| |
09/29/2005 |
Gary Pak | "Living with Spirits, Writing as Activism" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
W.M. Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies Speaker |
Vol 21#2
Article 5 | | |
| |
02/02/1998 |
George Plimpton | “'Tru' Confessions” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 13#6
Article 6 | N/A | 69 min |
| |
02/02/1987 |
Chaim Potok | “Authority and Rebellion: The Individual and Modern Literature” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 2#6
Article 2 | | min |
| |
02/03/1987 |
Chaim Potok | “The Writer/Artist Against the World” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 2#6
Article 2 | | min |
| |
10/10/1994 |
James Reston, Jr. | “The Art of Biography” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 10#2
Article 6 | N/A | 54 min |
| |
09/26/1983 |
Anne Rice | “Conversation with Anne and Stan Rice” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 98#1
Article 8 | | |
| |
09/26/1983 |
Stan Rice | "Conversation with Anne and Stan Rice" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 98#1
Article 8 | | |
| |
02/17/2005 |
Luis Rodriguez | "Readings and Reflections" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
James Irvine Foundation Speaker;
Dean of Students Speaker |
Vol 20#7
Article 9 | N/A | 74 min |
| |
03/02/2006 |
Salman Rushdie | "Step Across This Line: An Evening with Salman Rushdie" |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
L.J. Kutten Lecture in Philosophy and Religion;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker;
Department of Literature Speaker |
Vol 21#7
Article 4 | | |
| |
11/02/2006 |
Marjane Satrapi | "An Evening with the Author" |
Voices from the Middle East;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 22#3
Article 12 | Video A | 73 min |
| |
04/05/1994 |
Robert Stone | “The Legacy of Wallace Stegner” |
The Wallace Stegner Legacy;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 9#9
Article 7 | N/A | 38 min |
| |
02/16/1989 |
William Styron | “Conversation with William Styron” |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker;
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture |
Vol 4#6
Article 2 | N/A | 71 min |
| |
11/14/1994 |
Karen Swenson | “Readings From Her Work” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 10#4
Article 4 | N/A | 31 min |
| |
12/04/1985 |
William Trogdon | "Blue Highways: A Journey Into America" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 1#6
Article 1 | | |
| |
12/03/1985 |
William Trogdon | “Blue Highways: A Journey Into America” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 1#6
Article 1 | | |
| |
09/27/2011 |
Luis Alberto Urrea | "An Evening with the Author" |
Chicano/Latino Student Affairs Center Speaker;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 27#2
Article 2 | | |
| |
09/19/1994 |
Luis Valdez | “Hemispheric American” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 10#1
Article 1 | N/A | 63 min |
| |
09/18/2007 |
Gore Vidal | "A Conversation with Gore Vidal" |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 23#1
Article 5 | Video A | 67 min |
| |
02/01/1996 |
Helena Viramontes | “Reading From Her Work” |
Politics and Culture in the Latino Community;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 11#5
Article 10 | N/A | 40 min |
| |
02/16/2010 |
Robert von Hallberg | “Love-Songs of Serial Desire” |
The Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Speaker;
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 25#7
Article 8 | Video A | 73 min |
| |
04/07/1986 |
Kurt Vonnegut | “An Evening with Kurt Vonnegut” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol #
Article 0 | | |
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04/05/1993 |
John Edgar Wideman | “Readings From Work in Progress” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 8#9
Article 1 | N/A | 65 min |
| |
02/21/1984 |
Elie Wiesel | “Jewish-Christian Relationships” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 98#7
Article 1 | | min |
| |
02/22/1984 |
Elie Wiesel | “What Could the Ancient Masters Teach Our Generation?” |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
McAlister Center for Religious Activities Speaker;
|
Vol 98#7
Article 1 | | |
| |
02/23/1984 |
Elie Wiesel | “Biblical Personalities” |
Literature at the Athenaeum;
McAlister Center for Religious Activities Speaker |
Vol 98#7
Article 1 | | |
| |
11/20/1985 |
Elie Wiesel | “The Responsibilities of the Modern Writer” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 1#6
Article 6 | | |
| |
11/20/1985 |
Elie Wiesel | “How I Write” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 1#6
Article 6 | | |
| |
11/21/1985 |
Elie Wiesel | “What I Write” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 1#6
Article 6 | | |
| |
10/04/1994 |
Sheryl WuDunn | “China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power” |
Literature at the Athenaeum |
Vol 10#2
Article 3 | N/A | 44 min |
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