Events: Readings and Talks
December 2, 2012, 7 pm – 9 pm
Tribute to Mavis Gallant at KGB Bar’s Sunday Night Fiction Series, NYC
KGB Bar, New York
An evening of talks and readings from Lynne Tillman, Francine Prose, Deborah Eisenberg and others to pay tribute to the extraordinary Mavis Gallant.
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November 7, 2012 – December 3, 2012
Do the Math Road Tour
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle
Based on Bill McKibben’s widely read Rolling Stone article, “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math,” “Do The Math” aims to raise awareness of the climate crisis and challenge the power of the fossil-fuel industry head-on.
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Selected by Cathleen Schine
December 6, 2012, 6 pm – 8 pm
A Lecture on P. T. Barnum and Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Bard Graduate Center, New York
Why these two together? I can't imagine, but I feel either one could come up with a compelling reason.
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December 6, 2012, 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Daniel Mendelsohn at the Free Library of Philadelphia
Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Daniel Mendelsohn will talk about his new collection of essays on the classics and popular culture, Waiting for the Barbarians.
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December 6, 2012, 6 pm – 10 pm
Mark Lilla speaks at Evoke 2012
The US Consulate, Mumbai
Mark Lilla will speak on the topic of Faith at EVOKE 2012: Beauty-Money-Sexuality-Love-Violence-Faith-Substance.
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Selected by Nathaniel Rich
Ongoing
Room 220 Live Prose Reading Series
Press Street, New Orleans
Room 220 is the only place to find serious (and also irreverent) discussion of literature in New Orleans. Its fall reading series begins September 27.
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December 10, 2012, 7 pm
Daniel Mendelsohn with John Freeman at The Morgan Library and Museum
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York
To mark the publication of his latest collection of review-essays, Waiting for the Barbarians, Daniel Mendelsohn discusses the ethics and pleasures of reviewing with John Freeman, editor of the prestigious literary magazine Granta.
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December 11, 2012, 7 pm
Building Stories: Chris Ware in conversation with Zadie Smith
The New York Public Library, New York
After the release of Chris Ware's Building Stories and Zadie Smith’s newest novel, NW—an exploration of a set of characters in a London neighborhood—the two will discuss the role of space and place in their own works.
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