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SUMMARY:What to Read this Summer with Booklist Reader
DESCRIPTION:Program Description:\nJoin PBS Books and the American Library Association’s Booklist Reader teams as we dive into all the must-read adult fiction books this summer. Whether you’re on the hunt for a quick weekend read\, looking for a new series\, or thinking about re-discovering a favorite author\, there will be no shortage of great picks in this can’t-miss episode. So\, grab a pen as we help you create your Summer Reading List!  \nWhat to Read this Summer (2024)James\nJames by Percival Everett \nWhen the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans\, separated from his wife and daughter forever\, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile\, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father\, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know\, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. \nWhile many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms\, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks\, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…)\, Jim’s agency\, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. \nBrimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a “literary icon” (Oprah Daily)\, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime\, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature. \nState of Paradise\nState of Paradise by Laura van den Berg \nA heart-racing fun house of uncanniness hidden in Florida’s underbelly\, from a reality-warping storyteller. \nAlong with her husband\, a ghostwriter for a famous thriller author returns to her mother’s house in the Florida town where she grew up. As the summer heat sets in\, she wrestles with family secrets and memories of her own troubled youth. Her mercurial sister\, who lives next door\, spends a growing amount of time using MIND’S EYE\, a virtual reality device provided to citizens of the town by ELECTRA\, a tech company in South Florida\, during the doldrums of a recent pandemic. But it’s not just the ominous cats\, her mother’s burgeoning cult\, or the fact that her belly button has become an increasingly deep cavern―something is off in the town\, and it probably has to do with the posters of missing citizens spread throughout the streets. \nDuring a violent rainstorm\, the writer’s sister goes missing for several days. When she returns\, sprawled on their mother’s lawn and speaking of another dimension\, the writer is forced to investigate not only what happened to her sister and the other missing people but also the uncanny connections between ELECTRA\, the famous author\, and reality itself. \nA sticky\, rain-soaked reckoning with the elusive nature of storytelling\, Laura van den Berg’s Florida Diary is an interlocking and page-turning whirlwind. With inimitable control and thrilling style\, she reaches deep into the void and returns with a story far stranger than either reality or fiction. \nVilla E\nVilla E by Jane Alison \nFrom the author of Meander\, Spiral\, Explode\, an astounding novel inspired by the collision of Irish designer Eileen Gray and famed Swiss architect Le Corbusier. \nAlong the glittering coast of southern France\, a white villa sits atop an earthen terrace—a site of artistic genius\, now subject to bitter dispute. Eileen\, a new architect known for her elegant chair designs\, poured the concrete herself; she built it as a haven for her and her lover\, and called it E-1027. When the hulking Le G\, a founder of modernist architecture\, laid eyes on the house in 1929\, he could see his influence in the sleek lines—and he would not be outdone. Impassioned\, he took a paintbrush to the clean\, white walls. . . . \nThirty years later\, Eileen has not returned to Villa E and Le G has never left—his summers spent aging in a cabin just feet away. Mining the psyches of two brilliant\, complex artists and the extrordinary place that bound them\, Jane Alison boldly reimagines a now-legendary act of vandalism into a lushly poetic and mesmerizing novel of power\, predation\, and obsession. \nCatalina\nCatalina by Carla Cornejo Villavicencio \nWhen Catalina is admitted to Harvard\, it feels like the fulfillment of destiny: a miracle child escapes death in Latin America\, moves to Queens to be raised by her undocumented grandparents\, and becomes one of the chosen. But nothing is simple for Catalina\, least of all her own complicated\, contradictory\, ruthlessly probing mind. Now a senior\, she faces graduation to a world that has no place for the undocumented; her sense of doom intensifies her curiosities and desires. She infiltrates the school’s elite subcultures—internships and literary journals\, posh parties and secret societies—which she observes with the eye of an anthropologist and an interloper’s skepticism: she is both fascinated and repulsed. Craving a great romance\, Catalina finds herself drawn to a fellow student\, an actual budding anthropologist eager to teach her about the Latin American world she was born into but never knew\, even as her life back in Queens begins to unravel. And every day\, the clock ticks closer to the abyss of life after graduation. Can she save her family? Can she save herself? What does it mean to be saved? \nBrash and daring\, part campus novel\, part hagiography\, part pop song\, Catalina is unlike any coming-of-age novel you’ve ever read—and Catalina\, bright and tragic\, circled by a nimbus of chaotic energy\, driven by a wild heart\, is a character you will never forget. \nOne of Our Kind\nOne of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon \nThe Stepford Wives meets Get Out in Nicola Yoon’s first adult novel\, a terrifying and thought-provoking look at what it means to be truly free in America. \nWhen Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty\, California\, they hope to find a community of like-minded people\, a place where their growing family can thrive. King settles in at once\, embracing the Liberty ethos\, including the luxe wellness center at the top of the hill\, which proves to be the heart of the community. But Jasmyn struggles to find her place. She expected to find liberals and social justice activists striving for racial equality\, but Liberty residents seem more focused on booking spa treatments and ignoring the world’s troubles. \nJasmyn’s only friends in the community are equally perplexed and frustrated by Liberty’s outlook\, a frustration that turns to dread when their loved ones start embracing the Liberty way of life. As Jasmyn learns more about Liberty and its founders\, she discovers a terrible secret that threatens to destroy her world in ways she never could have imagined. \nThis Strange Eventful History\nThis Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud \nAn immersive\, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history\, from one of our finest contemporary novelists. \nOver seven decades\, from 1940 to 2010\, the pieds-noirs Cassars live in an itinerant state―separated in the chaos of World War II\, running from a complicated colonial homeland\, and\, after Algerian independence\, without a homeland at all. This Strange Eventful History\, told with historical sweep\, is above all a family story: of patriarch Gaston and his wife Lucienne\, whose myth of perfect love sustains them and stifles their children; of François and Denise\, devoted siblings connected by their family’s strangeness; of François’s union with Barbara\, a woman so culturally different they can barely comprehend one another; of Chloe\, the result of that union\, who believes that telling these buried stories will bring them all peace. \nInspired in part by long-ago stories from her own family’s history\, Claire Messud animates her characters’ rich interior lives amid the social and political upheaval of the recent past. As profoundly intimate as it is expansive\, This Strange Eventful History is “a tour de force…one of those rare novels that a reader doesn’t merely read but lives through with the characters” (Yiyun Li). \nMrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame\nMrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford \nNothing could be more out of character\, but after fifty-nine years of marriage\, as her husband Bernard’s health declines\, and her friends’ lives become focused on their grandchildren—which Jenny never had—Jenny decides she wants a little something for herself. So she secretly applies to be a contestant on the prime-time TV show Britain Bakes. \nWhisked into an unfamiliar world of cameras and timed challenges\, Jenny delights in a new-found independence. But that independence\, and the stress of the competition\, starts to unearth memories buried decades ago. Chocolate teacakes remind her of a furtive errand involving a wedding ring; sugared doughnuts call up a stranger’s kind act; a simple cottage loaf brings back the moment her life changed forever. \nWith her baking star rising\, Jenny struggles to keep a lid on that first secret—a long-concealed deceit that threatens to shatter the very foundations of her marriage. It’s the only time in six decades that she’s kept something from Bernard. By putting herself in the limelight\, has Jenny created a recipe for disaster? \nThe Hunter\nThe Hunter by Tana French \nIt’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. \nCal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He’s found it\, more or less: he’s built a relationship with a local woman\, Lena\, and he’s gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places. But then Trey’s long-absent father reappears\, bringing along an English millionaire and a scheme to find gold in the townland\, and suddenly everything the three of them have been building is under threat. Cal and Lena are both ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey\, but Trey doesn’t want protecting. What she wants is revenge. \nFrom the writer who is “in a class by herself\,” (The New York Times)\, a nuanced\, atmospheric tale that explores what we’ll do for our loved ones\, what we’ll do for revenge\, and what we sacrifice when the two collide. \nskin & bones\nskin & bones by Renée Watson \nAt 40\, Lena Baker is at a steady and stable moment in life—between wine nights with her two best friends and her wedding just weeks away\, she’s happy in love and in friendship until a confession on her wedding day shifts her world. \nUnmoored and grieving a major loss\, Lena finds herself trying to teach her daughter self-love while struggling to do so herself. Lena questions everything she’s learned about dating\, friendship\, and motherhood\, and through it all\, she works tirelessly to bring the oft-forgotten Black history of Oregon to the masses\, sidestepping her well-meaning co-workers that don’t understand that their good intentions are often offensive and hurtful. \nThrough Watson’s poetic voice\, skin & bones is a stirring exploration of who society makes space for and is ultimately a story of heartbreak and healing. \nYou Are Here\nYou Are Here by David Nicholls \nMarnie is stuck. \nStuck working alone in her London flat\, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like it’s passing her by. \nMichael is coming undone. \nReeling from his wife’s departure\, increasingly reclusive\, taking himself on long\, solitary walks across the moors and fells. \nWhen a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together\, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship. \nBut can they survive the journey? \nA new love story by beloved bestseller David Nicholls\, You Are Here is a novel of first encounters\, second chances and finding the way home. \nOne of Us Knows\nOne of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole \nYears after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical preservationist career\, Kenetria Nash and her alters have been given a second chance they can’t refuse: a position as resident caretaker of a historic home. Having been dormant for years\, Ken has no idea what led them to this isolated Hudson River island\, but she’s determined not to ruin their opportunity. \nThen a surprise visit from the home’s conservation trust just as a Nor’easter bears down on the island disrupts her newfound life\, leaving Ken trapped with a group of possibly dangerous strangers—including the man who brought her life tumbling down years earlier. When he turns up dead\, Ken is the prime suspect. \nCaught in a web of secrets and in a race against time\, Ken and her alters must band together to prove their innocence and discover the truth of Kavanaugh Island—and their own past—or they risk losing not only their future\, but their life. \nOcean's Godori\nOcean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho \nOcean Yoon has never felt very Korean\, even if she is descended from a long line of haenyeo\, Jeju Island’s beloved female divers. She doesn’t like soju\, constantly misses cultural references\, and despite her love of the game\, people still say that she doesn’t play Hwatu like a Korean. Ocean’s also persona non grata at the Alliance\, Korea’s solar system–dominating space agency\, since a mission went awry and she earned a reputation for being a little too quick with her gun. \nWhen her best friend\, Teo\, second son of the Anand Tech empire\, is framed for murdering his family\, Ocean and her misfit crewmates are pushed to the forefront of a high-stakes ideological conflict. But dodging bullets and winning space chases may be the easiest part of what comes next. \nA thrilling adventure across the solar that delivers hyperkinetic action sequences and irresistible will-they-won’t-they romance alongside its nuanced exploration of colonialism and capitalism\, Ocean’s Godori ultimately asks: What do we owe our past? How do we navigate our present while honoring the complicated facets of our identity? What can our future hold?
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SUMMARY:PBS Books Readers Club - Rachel Khong
DESCRIPTION:Readers Club HomeEpisodes \nEpisode Description:\nRead along with the PBS Books Readers Club this May for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We’ll dive into Real Americans\, the highly anticipated novel by Rachel Khong\, author of Goodbye\, Vitamin. Rachel Khong joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss this sweeping family drama that tells the story of three generations of Chinese Americans\, raising questions about identity and what it means to be Real Americans. \nReal Americans begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City\, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen\, an unpaid intern at a slick media company\, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive\, a native East Coaster\, and\, most notably\, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn’t be more different: flat-broke\, raised in Tampa\, the only child of scientists who fled Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Despite all this\, Lily and Matthew fall in love. \nIn 2021\, fifteen-year-old Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives with his single mother\, Lily. He can’t shake the sense she’s hiding something. When Nick sets out to find his biological father\, the journey threatens to raise more questions than it provides answers. \nAbout the Book:\nGet the E-BookDONATE NOW and download your e-book copy. \nReal Americans begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City\, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen\, an unpaid intern at a slick media company\, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive\, a native East Coaster\, and\, most notably\, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn’t be more different: flat-broke\, raised in Tampa\, the only child of scientists who fled Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Despite all this\, Lily and Matthew fall in love. \nIn 2021\, fifteen-year-old Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives with his single mother\, Lily. He can’t shake the sense she’s hiding something. When Nick sets out to find his biological father\, the journey threatens to raise more questions than it provides answers. \nIn immersive\, moving prose\, Rachel Khong weaves a profound tale of class and striving\, race and visibility\, and family and inheritance—a story of trust\, forgiveness\, and finally coming home. \nExuberant and explosive\, Real Americans is a social novel par excellence that asks: Are we destined\, or made? And if we are made\, who gets to do the making? Can our genetic past be overcome? \nGuest Biography:\nRachel Khong\nRACHEL KHONG is the author of Goodbye\, Vitamin\, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction\, and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR; O\, The Oprah Magazine; Vogue; and Esquire. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review\, The Cut\, The Guardian\, The Paris Review\, and Tin House. In 2018\, she founded The Ruby\, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco’s Mission District. She lives in California. \nReaders Club Hosts:\nHeather Marie Montilla\nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird. \nPrincess Weekes\nPrincess Weekes is an award winning writer and video essayist who works at breaking down the intersections between race\, gender\, and pop culture. Formally an Assistant Editor at The Mary Sue\, co-host of Netflix’s The Geeked Podcast\, and co-host and co-writer on the PBS Digital Series It’s Lit. On weekends she works as a bookseller at a local bookstore. When not reading or writing she can be found playing TTRPGs of cuddling with her cat\, Lola. \nLauren Smith\nExecutive Producer and host of national PBS programming at Detroit Public TV\, Lauren develops content for PBS and other distributors of public media for broadcast\, streaming\, and other digital channels and has executive-produced and/or produced over 60 national broadcast and programs. Her passion is to develop inspiring\, entertaining\, and educational content alongside the best national and international talent\, and to engage important content with communities across the country. Lauren loves to read and has worked to develop and produce PBS Books content for nearly ten years! \nFred Nahhat \nFred Nahhat is an Emmy Award-winning producer\, host\, and presenter for Detroit’s PBS station\, where he serves as Sr. VP of Production. A 30-year broadcast veteran\, Fred has hosted and produced numerous programs for Public TV – including music specials from Il Volo\, Celtic Gold and the New Divas – as well as other series and specials “New Year’s Eve with the DSO”\, “The Detroit Dream Cruise\,” “The PBS Books Readers Club” and “Get Up\, Get Out\,” among others. \nHe is a graduate of Wayne State University and a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan Chapter\, USA Hockey\, and Leadership Detroit.
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SUMMARY:Visions of America: A Journey to the Freedom Tower - Stories of Cuban Migration to Miami
DESCRIPTION:Visions of America HomeEpisodes \n\nEste programa está disponible con subtítulos en español con opcion de titulos cerrados en el canal YouTube de libros PBS. \nDescription:\nThe Freedom Tower (or Torre de la Libertad) in Miami has graced the city’s skyline for nearly a century\, but it wasn’t until it played a crucial role in hosting Cuban refugees who fled their home country in the wake of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 that it became an important national landmark. Join host and Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper as he explores the interior of the Freedom Tower with Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega.     \nHistorian and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ada Ferrer\, author of Cuba: An American History\, shares about the Cuban-immigrant experience in the United States. Then\, Crosby ventures to Little Havana to enjoy the sounds of its rich and vibrant culture and have a discussion\, along with Cuban cuisine at Miami’s famous Versailles\, with community members  Alberto Ibargüen\, Aida Levitan\, Sam Verdeja and A.J. D’Amico. They have a lively conversation about Miami’s growth and change. \nVisiones de América: Un viaje a la Torre de la Libertad – Historias de migración cubana a Miami \nDescripción en español: \nLa Torre de la Libertad en Miami ha adornado el horizonte de la ciudad durante casi un siglo\, pero no fue hasta que desempeñó un papel crucial en la acogida de refugiados cubanos huyendo de su país de origen a raíz de la Revolución Cubana en 1959 que se convirtió en un importante hito nacional. Únase al anfitrión y director del Instituto de Servicios de Museos y Bibliotecas\, Crosby Kemper\, mientras explora el interior de la Torre de la Libertad con la presidenta de Miami Dade College\, Madeline Pumariega.   \nLa historiadora y escritora ganadora del Premio Pulitzer Ada Ferrer\, autora de Cuba: An American History\, comparte sobre la experiencia de los inmigrantes cubanos en los Estados Unidos. Luego\, Crosby se aventura a la Pequeña Habana para disfrutar de los sonidos de su rica y vibrante cultura y tener una discusión\, junto con la cocina cubana en el famoso Versalles de Miami\, con los miembros de la comunidad Alberto Ibargüen\, Aida Levitan\, Sam Verdeja y A.J. D’Amico. Tienen una conversación animada sobre el crecimiento y el cambio de Miami.  \n\nAbout Visions of America\nVisions of America – All Stories\, All People\, All Places\, hosted by Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper\, explores our great nation and uses its diverse collection of museums\, libraries and historians both familiar and new to tell some of the lesser-known stories that have flown under the radar in our shared legacy of American Independents. Over the course of 3 half-hour episodes in its first season\, the program journeys to different historical sites throughout the nation for conversations that will tell the engaging but sometimes hidden stories that resonate with where we are at as a nation today. and maybe give some insight and inspiration on how we got here. But history doesn’t just exist in a museum. Each episode will also venture out into the cities these institutions call home to delve further into what makes each of these communities so important to our national identity\, all with the help of local historians who know the stories of their community better than anyone. \n\nGuest Biographies:\nPresident Madeline Pumariega\, Miami Dade College  \nMadeline Pumariega is the first female president appointed to lead one of the nation’s largest educational institutions\, Miami Dade College (MDC). Adding to the historic nature of this appointment is the fact that Pumariega is an alumna of MDC.   \nRead More\nA Trailblazer In Academia  \nPumariega’s love for academics and service excellence began as a student at MDC and continued during her 20 years of service at the College in positions of ascending responsibility\, culminating in her role as Wolfson Campus president. Prior to becoming MDC’s president\, Pumariega was appointed the first female and Hispanic chancellor of the Florida College System (FCS). In that role\, she designed and implemented strategies to keep college accessible and affordable for Floridians\, especially for those entering high-demand job fields. During her tenure\, several of the FCS’s 28 colleges –– which serve 800\,000 students –– rose in the rankings of U.S. News & World Report as well as by other national measures. Florida was also named No. 1 in higher education by U.S. News.  \nIn 2019\, Pumariega became the executive vice president and provost of Tallahassee Community College\, where her innovative approaches advanced the College’s three core divisions: academic affairs\, student affairs and workforce development. Pumariega helped lead the school during the unprecedented response to the COVID-19 pandemic and pivoted the college’s infrastructure to support virtual classroom instruction and student-teacher interaction. She also serves as affiliate professor of leadership at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture\, Education\, and Human Development.  \nA Champion for Youth   \nServing the community outside of higher education\, she was also previously the President and CEO of Take Stock in Children\, a statewide nonprofit focused on breaking the cycle of poverty by helping students complete their high school education and advance into post-secondary education and careers. It was here that Pumariega pursued her passion for ensuring that students have a pathway toward upward economic mobility through educational opportunities.   \nA Catalyst For Transformation  \nIn her new role as MDC president\, Pumariega has championed a new strategic plan for the College developed with input from more than 1\,000 stakeholders. The plan focuses on five key priorities: reimagining for student success; accelerating academic excellence and innovation; valuing a culture of care to advance student outcomes; fueling the talent needs of a global economy; and securing the future of the College.  \nShe has now engaged hundreds of leaders and volunteers around these five key priorities\, and this transformational work is well on its way at MDC.   \nPumariega has also prioritized working with business partners to identify the skills needed by key industries and tailoring higher education programs to match those needs. This intentional forming of strategic alliances and job pathways between companies and MDC students accelerates each graduate’s ability to enter the workforce immediately.    \nDriving her relentless pursuit is the passion to develop leaders and build thriving communities. Pumariega clearly recognizes higher education’s role in transforming lives and communities\, and is designing her presidency at MDC to position the College to deliver on its mission in a post-pandemic\, technology-enabled world. \nAda Ferrer\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cuba and professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University  \nAda Ferrer\, who is originally from Havana and grew up in a Cuban community in New Jersey\, is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cuba: An American History. The book chronicles more than five hundred years of Cuban history and its relations with the United States. \nShe is also the author of Insurgent Cuba: Race\, Nation\, and Revolution\, 1868-1898\, which won the Berkshire Book Prize for the best first book by a woman in any field of history\, and Freedom's Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution\, which won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center at Yale University as well as the Frederick Katz\, Wesley Logan\, and James A. Rawley prizes from the American Historical Association.  \nRead More\nFerrer has been traveling to and conducting research in Cuba since 1990\, occasionally accompanied by her husband and daughters. She was on the island when Barack Obama visited in 2016 and traveled back with her parents that same year. Her essay “My Brother’s Keeper\,” published by The New Yorker\, tells the story of her and her family’s relationship with the Cuban Revolution. In her lectures and keynote talks\, Ferrer discusses Cuba’s past and its complex ties with the United States\, giving audiences unexpected insights into the history of both countries and helping them to imagine a new relationship with Cuba.  \nFerrer graduated from Vassar College with an AB degree in English. She holds a Master’s in History from University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in History from the University of Michigan. She has taught at New York University since 1995\, where she is currently the Julius Silver Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She was a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow and has received support for her research from organizations including the Dorothy and Lewis Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Fulbright Commission\, and more. She is also the co-curator of “Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom\,” an exhibit on carpenter and artist José Antonio Aponte\, that has been housed at NYU\, Duke University and Havana’s Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales.  \nIn addition to her books\, Ferrer is a frequent public speaker\, appearing at colleges and universities\, libraries\, historical societies\, and more.  She has written for The New Yorker and The Washington Post\, among others\, and appeared on CNN and NPR. She lives in New York City with her family. \nFull Length Conversation with Ada Ferrer\nCrosby Kemper's full conversation with Ada Ferrer\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cuba and professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University.  \nAlberto Ibargüen\, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.  \nHe is the former publisher of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald. During his tenure\, the Miami Herald won three Pulitzer Prizes and El Nuevo Herald won Spain’s Ortega y Gasset Prize for excellence in journalism.  \nRead More\nHe graduated from Wesleyan University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Between college and law school\, he served in the Peace Corps in Venezuela’s Amazon Territory and was the Peace Corps Programming and Training Officer in Colombia\, based in Bogotá. After law school\, he practiced law in Hartford\, Connecticut\, until he joined the Hartford Courant\, then Newsday in New York\, before moving to Miami.  \nIbargüen is a member of the boards of the Paley Center for Media and the National Museum of the American Latino\, and formerly the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts\, Wesleyan University\, Smith College\, the Council on Foreign Relations\, the Committee to Protect Journalists\, and ProPublica\, as well as the Secretary of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board and the Citizen Advisory Committee of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.  \nIbargüen served on the boards of American Airlines\, PepsiCo\, AOL and Norwegian Cruise Lines. He is a former board chair of PBS\, the Newseum and the World Wide Web Foundation\, founded by web inventor Sir Tim Berners­-Lee to promote a free and universal web.   \nIbargüen is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society and the Council on Foreign Relations. For his work to protect journalists in Latin America\, Ibargüen received a Maria Moors Cabot citation from Columbia University. He has been awarded honorary degrees by several universities\, including Wesleyan University\, The George Washington University and the University of Miami.  \nAida Levitan\, Ph.D.  \nAida Levitan\, Ph.D. is a member of the Board and immediate past Chair of USCB Financial Holdings (2017-2021). During her tenure as Chairman\, Dr. Levitan was the only Cuban-American female to chair a commercial community bank board in the U.S. Because of this achievement\, Forbes Magazine named her to the 50Over50 list (Money category) in 2022.   \nRead More\nA nationally recognized Hispanic advertising and public relations pioneer\, she founded the strategic marketing firm The Levitan Group\, Inc. in 2006. From 2004 to 2005\, she served as Vice Chairperson/President of Bromley Communications\, which she helped transform into the number one U.S. Hispanic advertising agency (as per Advertising Age\, 2004). In 1986 she co-founded Sanchez & Levitan and sold the agency to Publicis Groupe by 2003. Under her leadership as Co-Chairman/CEO\, Publicis Sanchez & Levitan became one of the top ten U.S. Hispanic advertising agencies (Advertising Age). In 2004 she served as President of the national Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies.    \nDr. Levitan served as trustee and is currently a Trustee Emerita of the Perez Art Museum Miami. In 2019 she was Chair of FACE (Facts About Cuban Exiles) and of the University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection Amigos Board. In 1995 she founded ArtesMiami\, Inc.\, a nonprofit organization\, and still serves as its President and principal donor. She was elected to the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations in 2015. President Obama and the U.S. Congress named her to the National Museum of the American Latino Commission in 2010 and\, in 2012\, she was elected Vice Chair of the Smithsonian Latino Center National Board. Dr. Levitan has served on the corporate board of The Art Institutes and\, as chairman\, on the Aetna Latino Advisory Council.   \nA Cuban-American who came to Miami in 1961 as an unaccompanied child (as part of Operación Pedro Pan)\, Aida Levitan obtained her Ph.D. with a specialty in Spanish Literature\, from Emory University and a B.A. from the University of Miami. She is an avid art collector of Latin-American and U.S. Hispanic art and a writer of travel articles. Her son\, Alex Fumero\, is a film producer in Los Angeles. She is married to architect Fernando Petit.  \nAlessandro "A.J." D'Amico  \nAlessandro "A.J." D'Amico currently serves the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as its Director of Media & Democracy. In that role\, A.J. writes and manages grants aimed at translating cutting-edge research on the role of media and technology on our democracy into actionable policy options and encourages the furtherance of the Knight Foundation's mission to build more informed and engaged communities.  \nRead More\nHe brings extensive government and legal experience collaborating with government officials\, community organizations\, and interest groups in the policymaking\, advocacy\, and litigation processes.  \nBefore joining the Knight Foundation\, A.J. was an associate at two pre-eminent Miami law firms\, where he represented clients foreign and domestic in a diverse array of litigation matters\, spanning from complex commercial disputes and class actions to constitutional civil rights cases. A.J. also served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Paul C. Huck in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Prior to his legal career\, A.J. served as a legislative assistant in the Florida Senate and an intern in the United States House of Representatives for two Cuban American elected officials representing Miami-Dade County.  \nA.J. earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Economics from Florida State University as well as a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law\, where he graduated with honors and served as the Editor in Chief of the Florida Law Review. The son of a Cuban exile\, A.J. was raised in Miami Lakes and Hialeah\, Florida. He currently resides in Little Havana.  \nDean Magda Castineyra\, Miami Dade College  \nMagda is the Director of the Honors College Dual Language Program at Miami Dade College Eduardo J. Padron Campus with 20+ years of experience in assisting young adults\, families and adult students’ access higher education; starting with her undergraduate work study job within an Undergraduate Admission Office.  \nRead More\nOut of graduate school she directed a city wide dropout prevention program\, in Worcester Massachusetts\, for public school students from 8th to 12th grade. At the conclusion of the program\, eligible graduates received a 4 year college scholarship from one of various Worcester Consortium of Higher Education institutions. The experience was life changing for everyone involved and solidified Magda’s commitment to higher education.  \nAs an admission professional she has traveled domestically and internationally\, introducing eligible students to the options within our higher education system. She has opened new territories\, served as a liaison with public school systems\, managed scholarship programs for high achieving students\, served as a student organization advisor\, and coordinated the Orientation and advising of FTIC students; including programing for parents.   \nAs a seasoned community college administrator\, she has coordinated the intake process\, testing\, workforce programs\, campus events\, and ongoing staff development. Magda is familiar with the registration crunch at the beginning of each term and works hard to provide a calm\, comfortable environment for students and a supportive environment for staff.  \nMagda is originally from Cuba\, Miami has been her home for many years – she is a big fan of the South Florida area. She completed her BA in English at St Thomas University in Miami\, FL\, her EdM. in administration\, planning and social policy from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education in Cambridge\, MA\, and is currently a PhD candidate in Higher Education Leadership at Barry University in Miami Shores\, FL.  \nMagda is a strong believer in professional development for her staff and herself. Consequently\, during the past few years she has been active in and presented at conferences/meetings for the National Association of College Admissions (NACA)\, the Southern Association of College Admissions (SACA)\, and the National Association of Catholic College Admissions (NACCA) and the National Collegiate Honors College Council (NCHC). . She is also an active supporter of the arts and works toward having their presence visible on campus and available to students and student groups.  \nFull Length Conversation at Versailles\nCrosby Kemper's full conversation\, along with Cuban cuisine at Miami's famous Versailles\, with community members; Alberto Ibargüen\, Aida Levitan\, Alessandro "A.J." D'Amico & Sam Verdeja. 
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SUMMARY:Exploring Bipartisanship with Judy Woodruff and Western Governors
DESCRIPTION:Description:\nPBS Books presents a conversation live from the Western Governors’ Association annual meeting. Eight current and former governors will join in discussion with former PBS Newshour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff. The WGA is celebrating 40 years of bipartisan cooperation around issues important to the American West. \nGovernors from nineteen states and three U.S. territories west of the Mississippi make up the membership of the Western Governors’ Association. For 40 years\, the WGA has been convening its members to find solutions to pressing issues facing the western United States. From decarbonizing the west to protecting threatened species to imaging a new rural future\, the range of issues addressed by the WGA is immense. \nEight current and former governors will take the stage with Judy Woodruff\, former anchor and managing editor of the PBS Newshour. They are expected to discuss the WGA’s long history of bipartisan collaboration and solution-seeking\, as well as areas where agreement remains elusive. \nPBS Books will provide a live feed from this historic event\, focusing on the unique challenges facing Western governors\, such as water\, land use\, and native rights directly impact neighboring states\, and the roaming wildlife on public lands know no boundaries at all. Many Native American sovereign nations prominent in American culture also make their home in the west. In recent years\, nearly all western states have experienced unprecedented growth\, challenging traditions and creating new issues for every state. \nCurrent WGA Chair Mark Gordon\, the Republican Governor of Wyoming will lead the meeting\, wrapping up a full year of investigating how western states can reduce their carbon footprint. At the end of the meeting\, he will turn over the gavel to New Mexico’s Democratic Governor\, Michelle Lujan Grisham\, who will announce her chair policy initiative for the coming year. \nPBS Books is presenting this conversation as part of a series of public affairs programming exploring the state of civic discourse in the United States and highlighting places where bipartisan conversations take center stage. \nThis presentation is made possible with the financial support of Western Governors University and a partnership with the Bipartisan Leadership Project of Washington D.C. \nAbout Western Governors Leadership Institute  \nThe Western Governors’ Leadership Institute is a program of the Western Governors’ Foundation\, the philanthropic arm of the Western Governors’ Association.  The program is designed to recognize\, promote and reward the effective exercise of leadership by young people in the west. \nEvery year the foundation selects young adults to represent their states\, territories\, and tribes as institute delegates.  Delegates attend the annual meeting of the Western Governors’ Association\, as well as a one-day leadership development forum featuring state governors\, former governors\, and other national thought leaders. The foundation covers all expenses associated with delegate participation. \nAbout Western Governors University \nFounded by 19 U.S. governors in 1997\, Western Governors University is a non-profit\, accredited online university offering more than sixty bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in the high-demand fields of business\, IT\, teacher education\, and healthcare. WGU is recognized for its competency-based approach\, which allows students to study at their own pace\, making it possible for many to accelerate their studies and finish faster. Learn more at wgu.edu. \nThe Bipartisan Leadership Project: \nThe mission of the Bipartisan Leadership Project (BLP) is to initiate and guide organizations in providing leadership development that equips leaders with skills necessary to lead in the polarized environment. Leaders of the BLP have initiated political leadership programs at Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research and at George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution. These programs bring together politically\, ethnically\, and geographically diverse people to learn together. The program uniquely focuses on the development of conflict resolution and leadership skills for this political environment. Participants build trust\, tolerance\, and the ability to listen to each other in finding workable solutions to the serious problems we face. With the involvement of scholars\, leaders\, practitioners\, and the robust interaction of participants\, these programs are producing amazing results. The BLP also helped develop a leadership program for high school students at John Lewis High School to increase the pipeline for the next generation of leaders. \nInterested in Learning More?\nWGA 40th Anniversary Website: https://westgov.org/40th-anniversary \n·      WGA Governors: https://westgov.org/40th-anniversary \n·      WGA Issues: https://westgov.org/key-issues \nBooks:\n·      Rick Perry: A Political Life by Brandon Rottinghaus (https://a.co/d/2wxHpCW) \n·      Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner (https://a.co/d/19owz2B) \n·      Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches\, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne \nLearning to Disagree\nAre you discouraged by our divided\, angry culture\, where even listening to a different perspective sometimes feels impossible? If so\, you’re not alone\, and it doesn’t have to be this way. Learning to Disagree reveals the surprising path to learning how to disagree in ways that build new bridges with our neighbors\, coworkers\, and loved ones–and help us find better ways to live joyfully in a complex society. \nIn a tense cultural climate\, is it possible to disagree productively and respectfully without compromising our convictions? Spanning a range of challenging issues–including critical race theory\, sexual assault\, campus protests\, and clashes over religious freedom–highly regarded thought leader and law professor John Inazu helps us engage honestly and empathetically with people whose viewpoints we find strange\, wrong\, or even dangerous. \nAs a constitutional scholar\, legal expert\, and former litigator\, John has spent his career learning how to disagree well with other people. In Learning to Disagree\, John shares memorable stories and draws on the practices that legal training imparts–seeing the complexity in every issue and inhabiting the mindset of an opposing point of view–to help us handle daily encounters and lifelong relationships with those who see life very differently than we do. \nThis groundbreaking\, poignant\, and highly practical book equips us to: \nUnderstand what holds us back from healthy disagreement \nLearn specific\, start-today strategies for dialoguing clearly and authentically \nMove from stuck\, broken disagreements to mature\, healthy disagreements \nCultivate empathy as a core skill for our personal lives and our whole society \nIf you are feeling exhausted from the tattered state of dialogue in your social media feed\, around the country\, and in daily conversations\, you’re not alone. Discover a more connected life while still maintaining the strength of your convictions through this unique\, often-humorous\, thought-provoking\, and ultimately life-changing exploration of the best way to disagree. \nHow to Know a Person\nAs David Brooks observes\, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person\, family\, school\, community organization\, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person\, to let them feel valued\, heard\, and understood.” \nAnd yet we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible\, unseen\, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person\, Brooks sets out to help us do better\, posing questions that are essential for all of us: If you want to know a person\, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to? \nDriven by his trademark sense of curiosity and his determination to grow as a person\, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater\, philosophy\, history\, and education to present a welcoming\, hopeful\, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others\, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation\, hostility\, and misperception. \nThe act of seeing another person\, Brooks argues\, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them\, and in turn\, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection\, and yearning to be understood. \nHigh Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out\nWhen we are baffled by the insanity of the “other side”—in our politics\, at work\, or at home—it’s because we aren’t seeing how the conflict itself has taken over. \nThat’s what “high conflict” does. It’s the invisible hand of our time. And it’s different from the useful friction of healthy conflict. That’s good conflict\, and it’s a necessary force that pushes us to be better people. \nHigh conflict\, by contrast\, is what happens when discord distills into a good-versus-evil kind of feud\, the kind with an us and a them. In this state\, the normal rules of engagement no longer apply. The brain behaves differently. We feel increasingly certain of our own superiority and\, at the same time\, more and more mystified by the other side. \nNew York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Amanda Ripley investigates how good people get captured by high conflict—and how they break free. \nOur journey begins in California\, where a world-renowned conflict expert struggles to extract himself from a political feud. Then we meet a Chicago gang leader who dedicates his life to a vendetta—only to find himself working beside the man who killed his childhood idol. Next\, we travel to Colombia\, to find out whether thousands of people can be nudged out of high conflict at scale. \nFinally\, we return to America to see what happens when a group of liberal Manhattan Jews and conservative Michigan corrections officers choose to stay in each other’s homes in order to understand one another better. \nAll these people\, in dramatically different situations\, were drawn into high conflict by similar forces\, including conflict entrepreneurs\, humiliation\, and false binaries. But ultimately\, all of them found ways to transform high conflict into something good\, something that made them better people. They rehumanized and recatego­rized their opponents\, and they revived curiosity and wonder\, even as they continued to fight for what they knew was right. \nPeople do escape high conflict. Individuals—even entire communities—can short-circuit the feedback loops of outrage and blame\, if they want to. This is a mind-opening new way to think about conflict that will transform how we move through the world. \nHost Biography:\nJudy Woodruff\, Senior Correspondent\, Former Anchor & Managing Editor\, PBS NewsHour\nJudy Woodruff is a senior correspondent and the former anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour. She has covered politics and other news for five decades at NBC\, CNN and PBS. \nAt PBS from 1983 to 1993\, she was the chief Washington correspondent for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. From 1984 – 1990\, she also anchored PBS’ award-winning documentary series\, “Frontline with Judy Woodruff.” Moving to CNN in 1993\, she served as anchor and senior correspondent for 12 years; among other duties\, she anchored the weekday program “Inside Politics.” She returned to the NewsHour in 2007\, and in 2013\, she and the late Gwen Ifill were named the first two women to co-anchor a national news broadcast. After Ifill’s death\, Woodruff was named sole anchor. \nIn 2011\, Judy was the anchor and reporter for the PBS documentary “Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime.” And in 2007\, she completed an extensive project on the views of young Americans\, titled “Generation Next: Speak Up. Be Heard.” Two hour-long documentaries aired on PBS\, along with a series of reports on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer\, NPR\, in USA Today and on Yahoo News. \nFrom 2006 – 2013\, Judy anchored a monthly program for Bloomberg Television\, “Conversations with Judy Woodruff.” In 2006\, she was a visiting professor at Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. In 2005\, she was a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press\, Politics and Public Policy. \nAt NBC News\, Woodruff was White House correspondent from 1977 to 1982. For one year after that she served as NBC’s Today Show chief Washington correspondent. She wrote the book\, This is Judy Woodruff at the White House\, published in 1982 by Addison-Wesley. Her reporting career began in Atlanta\, Georgia\, where she covered state and local government. \nWoodruff is a founding co-chair of the International Women’s Media Foundation\, an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging women in journalism and communication industries worldwide. She serves on the boards of trustee of the Freedom Forum\, The Duke Endowment and the Carnegie Corporation of New York\, and is a director of Public Radio International and the National Association to End Homelessness. She is a former member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics\, a former director of the National Museum of American History and a former trustee of the Urban Institute. \nJudy is a graduate of Duke University\, where she is a trustee emerita. \nShe is the recent recipient of an Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award\, as well as the Radcliffe Medal\, the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism\, the Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University. \nShe is the recipient of more than 25 honorary degrees. \nJudy lives in Washington\, DC\, with her husband\, journalist Al Hunt\, and they are the parents of three children: Jeffrey\, Benjamin and Lauren. \nSupport Provided by:
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SUMMARY:Visions of America: Discovering 18th & Vine in Kansas City - Stories of African American History and Culture
DESCRIPTION:Visions of America HomeEpisodes \nProgram Description:\n18th & Vine has been the heart and soul of the African American community in Kansas City\, bolstering the American dream of freedom and equality. A vibrant center of African American culture\, it is the home to important historic sites like the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) and the American Jazz Museum. \nNLBM was founded to keep the stories alive of its players and how they fought the barriers of segregation in Major League Baseball\, including Jackie Robinson. Learning about the important role of the Negro Leagues Baseball in our nation’s favorite pastime\, explore the museum and hear insights about renowned players like Satchel Paige and others. Next\, visit the American Jazz Museum\, highlighting the remarkable role of jazz in Kansas City fostering a thriving community as the art form matured. \nInstitute of Museum and Library Services Crosby Kemper leads conversations discussing the importance of this vibrant center for Black history and culture with NLBM President Bob Kendrick\, American Jazz Museum’s Muriel Boyd\, and authors and experts Joe Posnanski\, Arnold Rampersad\, and Chuck Haddix. \nLastly\, Crosby visits Gates Bar-B-Q for some quintessential Kansas City food and talks to owner Ollie Gates\, Sr. and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver about 18th & Vine and its recent comeback. \nAbout Visions of America\nVisions of America – All Stories\, All People\, All Places\, hosted by Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper\, explores our great nation and uses its diverse collection of museums\, libraries and historians both familiar and new to tell some of the lesser-known stories that have flown under the radar in our shared legacy of American Independents. Over the course of 3 half-hour episodes in its first season\, the program journeys to different historical sites throughout the nation for conversations that will tell the engaging but sometimes hidden stories that resonate with where we are at as a nation today. and maybe give some insight and inspiration on how we got here. But history doesn’t just exist in a museum. Each episode will also venture out into the cities these institutions call home to delve further into what makes each of these communities so important to our national identity\, all with the help of local historians who know the stories of their community better than anyone. \nGuest Biographies:\nArnold Rampersad\, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University \nArnold Rampersad is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at Stanford University. He has published several essays and books\, including the two-volume Life of Langston Hughes; Jackie Robinson: A Biography; and Ralph Ellison: A Biography. A former MacArthur Foundation fellow\, he is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. \nChuck Haddix\, Director of Marr Sound Archives \nChuck Haddix is the director of the Marr Sound Archives\, a collection of 350\,000 historic sound recordings housed in the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Haddix also teaches Kansas City jazz history at the Kansas City Art Institute. Over the years\, Haddix has contributed to a wide variety of theatrical\, recording\, video and film projects including “Cronkite Remembers” a biography of Walter Cronkite\, Robert Altman’s “Kansas City” and Merchant-Ivory’s “Mr. and Mrs. Bridge.” He is the coauthor of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop–A History for Oxford University Press and author of Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker for the University of Illinois Press. \nMuriel Boyd\, Humanitarian \nMuriel Boyd is a passionate person who seeks to see the best in the lives of everyone around her. Over the years\, this passion has led Boyd to a number of paid and voluntary positions in the Kansas City region and internationally\, such as BSF International and with patrons and visitors at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art and the American Jazz Museum. Upon Boyd’s retirement with the Social Security Administrative Office\, she was directed to dedicate her time and skills to humanitarian work in Bangladesh for 8 years\, as well as twice to Brazil and to other service opportunities stateside. \nBob Kendrick\, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum \nBob Kendrick was named President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) in March 2011. Kendrick is responsible for the museum’s day-to-day operations and the development and implementation of strategies to advance the mission of the 501 c3\, not-for-profit organization. Kendrick has been responsible for the creation of several signature museum educational programs and events including the Hall of Game which annually honors former Major League Baseball greats who played the game in the spirit and signature style of the Negro Leagues. And while he doesn’t fashion himself to be a historian\, Kendrick has become one of the leading authorities on the topic of Negro Leagues Baseball history and its connection to issues relating to sports\, race and diversity. He has been a contributing writer for “Ebony Magazine” and the national Urban League’s “Opportunity Magazine.” \nJoe Posnanski\, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author \nJoe Posnanski is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seven books\, including bestsellers “Why We Love Baseball”\, “The Baseball 100” and “Paterno”. He has been named National Sportswriter of the Year by five different organizations. He writes at JoePosnanski.com and currently lives in Charlotte\, North Carolina\, with his family. \nFull Length Conversation with Joe Posnanski \nCrosby Kemper full conversation with New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski as they dive deeper into the Negro League Baseball League and its iconic players.  \nOllie Gates\, Sr.\, Owner of Gates Bar-B-Q \nOllie Gates\, Sr. is a Black businessman and restauranteur\, known widely for the Gates Bar-B-Q restaurants that have contributed to Kansas City’s reputation for quality barbecue. After graduating from Lincoln High School in 1949\, Gates first attended Maryland State College before returning to Lincoln University and earning a degree in engineering. After serving two years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\, he was discharged as a 1st Lieutenant. After his father’s death in 1960\, Gates took over the running of the family barbecue business\, expanding to several locations across the Kansas City metro area. He is also credited with a strong push to modernize the restaurant\, standardizing customer service and kitchen practices\, even starting a barbecue university he named “Rib Tech”. Gates Bar-B-Q eventually became one of Kansas City’s most famous barbecue restaurants. In 2021 Gates was inducted into the American Royal Barbecue Hall of Fame. \nEmanuel Cleaver II\, Congressman\, Missouri’s Fifth District \nEmanuel Cleaver II is now serving his tenth term representing Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District\, the home district of President Harry Truman. He is a member of the House Committee on Financial Services; Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance; member of Subcommittee on Capital Markets; and member of the U.S. Helsinki Commission. Having served for twelve years on the city council of Missouri’s largest municipality\, Kansas City\, Cleaver was elected as the city’s first African American Mayor in 1991. During his eight-year stint in the Office of the Mayor\, Cleaver distinguished himself as an economic development activist and an unapologetic redevelopment craftsman. Additionally\, his municipal stewardship includes the 18th and Vine Redevelopment\, a new American Royal\, the establishment of a Family Division of the Municipal Court\, and the reconstruction and beautification of Brush Creek. \nFull Length Conversation at Gates BBQ \nCrosby Kemper full conversation at legendary Gates Bar-B-Q in Kansas City food where he talks with owner Ollie Gates\, Sr. and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver about 18th & Vine and its recent comeback.  \nFull Length Jazz Roundtable Discussion \nCrosby Kemper full conversation discussing the importance of this vibrant center for Black history and culture with NLBM President Bob Kendrick\, American Jazz Museum's Muriel Boyd\, and authors and experts Joe Posnanski\, Arnold Rampersad\, and Chuck Haddix. 
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SUMMARY:Visions of America: Voices from the Heard Museum in Phoenix - Stories of First Americans
DESCRIPTION:Visions of America HomeEpisodes \nProgram Description:\nThe Heard Museum in Phoenix highlights Indigenous creativity from traditional artworks to contemporary creations. This episode celebrates Native American history\, culture\, and present-day policy\, with a focus on amplifying under heard stories. It explores Indigenous stories of arts\, culture\, and sports\, Native American citizenship and tribal sovereignty\, and the changing (and important) place of Native Americans in history. \nIMLS Director Crosby Kemper tours the Heard Museum with its Director and CEO David Roche to discuss the museum’s role as a central asset in telling and preserving American Indian history and culture. \nNext\, Crosby sits down with Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee)\, who is a Native American attorney\, tribal judge\, author\, activist\, and law professor\, at the Heard Museum for a conversation to discuss Indigenous knowledge and traditions\, tribal engagement\, and the unique relationship of Native American tribes to our history. \nLastly\, Philip J. Deloria (Dakota)\, who is the Leverette Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University\, will join virtually to examine Indigenous contributions to the United States. \nBoth Echo-Hawk and Deloria are authors\, whose work highlights lesser-known stories about Native Americans\, who have triumphed over injustice in a quest to achieve the American dream. \nLearn More:\nOur friends at The Heard museum are committed to connecting Indigenous creativity to the world by presenting the voice and vision of American Indian artists. Learn more about their collections\, events\, and educational experiences at https://heard.org/ \nSince 1992 the Heard Museum has been home to the World Championship Hoop Dance contest\, a competition that intensifies every year as dancers continue to add increasingly difficult movements to their routines integrating difficult manipulations of the hoops. Dancers’ scores are based on five judging categories: precision\, timing\, rhythm\, showmanship\, creativity and speed. February 2024 The Heard hosts the 34th Annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest. In this program\, we learn more about the history of this event. Click here to learn more. \nAbout Visions of America\nVisions of America – All Stories\, All People\, All Places\, hosted by Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper\, explores our great nation and uses its diverse collection of museums\, libraries and historians both familiar and new to tell some of the lesser-known stories that have flown under the radar in our shared legacy of American Independents. Over the course of 3 half-hour episodes in its first season\, the program journeys to different historical sites throughout the nation for conversations that will tell the engaging but sometimes hidden stories that resonate with where we are at as a nation today. and maybe give some insight and inspiration on how we got here. But history doesn’t just exist in a museum. Each episode will also venture out into the cities these institutions call home to delve further into what makes each of these communities so important to our national identity\, all with the help of local historians who know the stories of their community better than anyone. \nGuest Biographies:\nDavid M. Roche is a recognized national and international leader in the field of American Indian art. In 2015\, he became the Director and CEO of the Heard Museum in Phoenix\, Arizona\, the largest private museum in the world dedicated to American Indian art and culture. \nFull Length Conversation with David Roche  \nCrosby Kemper meets with David Roche to discuss the museum's role as a central asset in telling and preserving American Indian history and culture.  \nWalter Echo-Hawk is past President\, Pawnee Nation Business Council (2020-2023)\, an author\, attorney\, jurist\, and legal scholar. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2023. He authored The Sea of Grass (2018); In The Light Of Justice (2013); In the Courts of the Conqueror (2010); and Battlefields and Burial Grounds (1994). \nFull Length Conversation with Walter Echohawk \nCrosby Kemper sits down with Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) for a conversation about Indigenous knowledge and traditions\, tribal engagement\, and the unique relationship of Native American tribes to our history. \nPhilip J. Deloria is Professor of History at Harvard University\, where his research and teaching focus on the social\, cultural and political histories of the relations among American Indian peoples and the United States\, as well as the comparative and connective histories of indigenous peoples in a global context. \nFull Length Conversation with Phillip Deloria \nCrosby Kemper has a conversation with Philip J. Deloria (Dakota) about Indigenous contributions to the foundation of the United States.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/visions-of-americam-phoenix/
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SUMMARY:PBS Books Readers Club - Olivia Ford
DESCRIPTION:Readers Club HomeEpisodes \nAbout the Book:\nGet the E-BookDONATE NOW and download your e-book copy. \nNothing could be more out of character\, but after fifty-nine years of marriage\, as her husband Bernard’s health declines\, and her friends’ lives become focused on their grandchildren—which Jenny never had—Jenny decides she wants a little something for herself. So she secretly applies to be a contestant on the prime-time TV show Britain Bakes. \nWhisked into an unfamiliar world of cameras and timed challenges\, Jenny delights in a new-found independence. But that independence\, and the stress of the competition\, starts to unearth memories buried decades ago. Chocolate teacakes remind her of a furtive errand involving a wedding ring; sugared doughnuts call up a stranger’s kind act; a simple cottage loaf brings back the moment her life changed forever. \nWith her baking star rising\, Jenny struggles to keep a lid on that first secret—a long-concealed deceit that threatens to shatter the very foundations of her marriage. It’s the only time in six decades that she’s kept something from Bernard. By putting herself in the limelight\, has Jenny created a recipe for disaster? \nGuest Biography:\nOlivia Ford\nOlivia Ford has spent a decade in entertainment TV\, including Made in Chelsea and Love Island. Olivia is a graduate of the Faber Academy\, where she wrote the beginnings of Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame\, which was long-listed for the 2021 Women’s Prize Trust’s Discoveries Prize. Raised in Lincolnshire\, Olivia now lives in London. \nReaders Club Hosts:\nHeather Marie Montilla\nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird. \nPrincess Weekes\nPrincess Weekes is an award winning writer and video essayist who works at breaking down the intersections between race\, gender\, and pop culture. Formally an Assistant Editor at The Mary Sue\, co-host of Netflix’s The Geeked Podcast\, and co-host and co-writer on the PBS Digital Series It’s Lit. On weekends she works as a bookseller at a local bookstore. When not reading or writing she can be found playing TTRPGs of cuddling with her cat\, Lola. \nLauren Smith\nExecutive Producer and host of national PBS programming at Detroit Public TV\, Lauren develops content for PBS and other distributors of public media for broadcast\, streaming\, and other digital channels and has executive-produced and/or produced over 60 national broadcast and programs. Her passion is to develop inspiring\, entertaining\, and educational content alongside the best national and international talent\, and to engage important content with communities across the country. Lauren loves to read and has worked to develop and produce PBS Books content for nearly ten years! \nFred Nahhat \nFred Nahhat is an Emmy Award-winning producer\, host\, and presenter for Detroit’s PBS station\, where he serves as Sr. VP of Production. A 30-year broadcast veteran\, Fred has hosted and produced numerous programs for Public TV – including music specials from Il Volo\, Celtic Gold and the New Divas – as well as other series and specials “New Year’s Eve with the DSO”\, “The Detroit Dream Cruise\,” “The PBS Books Readers Club” and “Get Up\, Get Out\,” among others. \nHe is a graduate of Wayne State University and a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan Chapter\, USA Hockey\, and Leadership Detroit.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/readers-club-106/
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SUMMARY:Celebrate Visions of America
DESCRIPTION:Visions of America HomeEpisodes \nProgram Description:\nCome celebrate Visions of America: All Stories\, All People\, All Places as we consider the significance of this nation’s 250th anniversary and what it means for our nation. We will examine the founding documents and the intentions underlying the work our ancestors accomplished. We’ll look at the struggles faced by the people who\, as the epitome of the American spirit\, never gave up on their quest for freedom in the face of hardship and visit the nation’s most revered institutions\, which preserve the distinctively American tales from the first-person point of view that shape our collective history.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/celebrate-visions-of-america/
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SUMMARY:"The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros - Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:LOC National Book Festival 2024 \nEpisode Description:\nIn partnership with WTTW and other local PBS stations\, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by Sandra Cisneros to discuss the release of the 40th Anniversary Edition of The House on Mango Street as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. \n“The House on Mango Street” is one of the most cherished novels of the last 50 years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero\, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope\,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness\, it means waiting.” \nThe 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington\, D.C.\, on Saturday\, August 24\, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. \nAbout the Book:\nThe House on Mango Street is featured at the 2024 National Book Festival for a special celebration of the 40th anniversary. \nThe House on Mango Street is one of the most cherished novels of the last fifty years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero\, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope\,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness\, it means waiting.” \nTold in a series of vignettes—sometimes heartbreaking\, sometimes joyous—Cisneros’s masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery and one of the greatest neighborhood novels of all time. Like Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street or Toni Morrison’s Sula\, it makes a world through people and their voices\, and it does so in language that is poetic and direct. This gorgeous coming-of-age novel is a celebration of the power of telling one’s story and of being proud of where you’re from. \nGuest Biography:\nSandra Cisneros\nSandra Cisneros is a poet\, short story writer\, novelist and essayist whose work explores the lives of the working class. Her numerous awards include National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in both poetry and fiction\, the Texas Medal of the Arts\, a MacArthur fellowship\, the PEN/Nabokov Award for International Literature\, the National Medal of Arts\, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize\, and the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. A new collection of poetry and its Spanish translation\, “Woman Without Shame\,” Cisneros’s first in 28 years\, was published in 2022. Her novel The House on Mango Street has sold over seven million copies\, has been translated into over 25 languages\, and is required reading in elementary\, high school and universities across the nation.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-bookfest-2024-cisneros/
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SUMMARY:"Goodnight Thoughts" by Max Greenfield - Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:LOC National Book Festival 2024 \nEpisode Description:\nIn partnership with PBS SoCal and other local PBS stations\, PBS Books presents a conversation hosted by PBS SoCal’s Maria Hall-Brown with author Max Greenfield to discuss his latest book “Good Night Thoughts” as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. \nThis lovely picture book is a simple but complex message about acknowledging anxiety without succumbing to it that will appeal to so many little ones (and adults) out there who find that nighttime is when their thoughts carry the most weight. \nThe 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington\, D.C.\, on Saturday\, August 24\, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. \nAbout the Book:\nWritten by Max Greenfield\, Illustrated by James Serafino \nWhat do we do when we can’t fall asleep? The child in this story has racing thoughts–funny\, silly\, and scary–that are running on a cycle they can’t stop. It’s only when they begin to think to themselves: Do any of these thoughts have merit? Am I in any danger right here and now? that they are finally able to settle down. \nThis lovely picture book is a simple but complex message about acknowledging anxiety without succumbing to it that will appeal to so many little ones (and adults) out there who find that nighttime is when their thoughts carry the most weight. \nGuest Biography:\nMax Greenfield\nMax Greenfield is an American actor and author of several illustrated children’s books. He is known for his roles as Schmidt in “New Girl” and Dave Johnson in “The Neighborhood.” In the past three years\, he has published the picture books “I Don’t Want to Read This Book\,” “This Book Is Not a Present” and “I Don’t Want to Read This Book Aloud.” Featured at the 2024 National Book Festival\, Greenfield’s new picture book\, “Good Night Thoughts\,” is a bedtime story about acknowledging anxiety.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-bookfest-2024-greenfield/
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SUMMARY:"the year of the buttered cat" by Susan & Lexi Haas - Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:LOC National Book Festival 2024 \nEpisode Description:\nIn partnership with Kansas City PBS and other local PBS stations\, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by Authors Susan & Lexi Haas to discuss their book the year of the buttered cat as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival authors featured this week by PBS Books. \nthe year of the buttered cat is based on the real-life story of Lexi Haas. In the spirit of “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio and “Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper\, the year of the buttered cat offers powerful messages of friendship\, family\, loss and the art of redefining ourselves. \nThe 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington\, D.C.\, on Saturday\, August 24\, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. \nAbout the Book:\nThirteen years ago\, when she was just a tiny baby\, something terrible happened to Lexi Haas. Something criminal. It left her with an out-of-control body and without a voice. Now\, as a precocious\, superhero-obsessed teen\, Lexi is counting down the final 24 hours to a risky brain surgery that might help her talk or–dare she dream it?–to walk and use her hands. As surgery grows closer\, Lexi finds an urgent\, relentless need to share the story of the year in her life she calls The Year of the Buttered Cat. That year\, on the verge of shutting out the rest of the world\, Lexi began a gutsy and solitary quest to find her “missing” body. After the family cat went missing\, too\, and a mysterious letter appeared\, Lexi reluctantly enlisted two budding friends to aid her search. But when these friends also disappeared\, Lexi had to learn new ways to reach out to the world to save her friendships and uncover the truth about what happened to her as a baby. the year of the buttered cat is based on the real-life story of Lexi Haas. In the spirit of Wonder by R.J. Palacio and Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper\, the year of the buttered cat offers empowering powerful messages of friendship\, family\, loss and the art of redefining ourselves. \nGuest Biographies:\nSusan Haas\nSusan Haas is a disability advocate and mother of Lexi Haas. Together\, they form a writing team focusing on disability education. Lexi has a rare and severe form of cerebral palsy. While she can’t walk or talk\, she was reading by 10 months old\, has an impressive memory\, a keen sense of humor and an invincible spirit. Recognizing her young daughter’s gift for words\, Susan began writing with Lexi to help foster independence and develop communication. She soon learned that Lexi’s fresh perspective needed to be shared with others. In addition to writing together\, Susan and Lexi also enjoy presenting to schools and organizations around the world\, helping others learn about disability from a first-person narrative. “The Year of the Buttered Cat: A Mostly True Story\,” the duo’s first book\, is featured at the 2024 National Book Festival. \nLexi Haas\nLexi Haas is a disability advocate and daughter of Susan Haas. Together\, they form a writing team focusing on disability education and advocacy. Lexi has a rare and severe form of cerebral palsy. While she can’t walk or talk\, she was reading by 10 months old\, has an impressive memory\, a keen sense of humor and an invincible spirit. Recognizing her young daughter’s gift for words\, Susan began writing with Lexi to help foster independence and develop communication. She soon learned that Lexi’s fresh perspective needed to be shared with others. In addition to writing together\, Susan and Lexi also enjoy presenting to schools and organizations around the world\, helping others learn about disability from a first-person narrative. “The Year of the Buttered Cat: A Mostly True Story\,” the duo’s first book\, is featured at the 2024 National Book Festival.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-bookfest-2024-haas/
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SUMMARY:PBS Books Readers Club - "James" by Percival Everett
DESCRIPTION:Readers Club HomeEpisodes \nEpisode Description:\nLiterary Icon Percival Everett Joins the PBS Books Readers Club to Discuss James—Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Time\, NPR\, The Seattle Times\, Elle\, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, and Oprah Daily  \n“To call James a retelling would be an injustice. Everett sends Mark Twain’s classic through the looking glass. What emerges is no longer a children’s book\, but a blood-soaked historical novel stripped of all ornament. . . Genius.” \n—The Atlantic \nThis month’s PBS Books Readers Club pick is James—the instant New York Times bestseller and highly acclaimed novel by distinguished Professor Percival Everett\, that puts a transformative spin on the canonical work Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In James\, Everett places Jim\, the enslaved character from Twain’s novel\, front and center in this powerful narrative\, giving voice to his untold story. Brimming with humor while delivering biting observations on themes of race and freedom\, James is a provocative and unforgettable page turner that will forever alter our perception of American literature. \nSays Everett\, “I have to say I didn’t write this as a corrective to Twain’s novel. He was telling the story of the adolescent white boy. And I’m telling the story of a full-grown black man who has a family and a life.”  \nDon’t miss the PBS Books Readers Club as eminent author Percival Everett shares his vision behind this remarkable novel destined to become a modern classic. \nAbout the Book:\nGet the E-BookDONATE NOW and download your e-book copy. \nWhen the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans\, separated from his wife and daughter forever\, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile\, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father\, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know\, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. \nWhile many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms\, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks\, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…)\, Jim’s agency\, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. \nBrimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a “literary icon” (Oprah Daily)\, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime\, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature. \nGuest Biography:\nPercival Everett\nPercival Everett is the author of over thirty books\, including So Much Blue\, Telephone\, Dr No and The Trees\, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and won the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. He has received the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction\, has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist\, and is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. His novel Erasure has now been adapted into the major film American Fiction. He lives in Los Angeles. \nReaders Club Hosts:\nHeather Marie Montilla\nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird. \nPrincess Weekes\nPrincess Weekes is an award winning writer and video essayist who works at breaking down the intersections between race\, gender\, and pop culture. Formally an Assistant Editor at The Mary Sue\, co-host of Netflix’s The Geeked Podcast\, and co-host and co-writer on the PBS Digital Series It’s Lit. On weekends she works as a bookseller at a local bookstore. When not reading or writing she can be found playing TTRPGs of cuddling with her cat\, Lola. \nLauren Smith\nExecutive Producer and host of national PBS programming at Detroit Public TV\, Lauren develops content for PBS and other distributors of public media for broadcast\, streaming\, and other digital channels and has executive-produced and/or produced over 60 national broadcast and programs. Her passion is to develop inspiring\, entertaining\, and educational content alongside the best national and international talent\, and to engage important content with communities across the country. Lauren loves to read and has worked to develop and produce PBS Books content for nearly ten years! \nFred Nahhat \nFred Nahhat is an Emmy Award-winning producer\, host\, and presenter for Detroit’s PBS station\, where he serves as Sr. VP of Production. A 30-year broadcast veteran\, Fred has hosted and produced numerous programs for Public TV – including music specials from Il Volo\, Celtic Gold and the New Divas – as well as other series and specials “New Year’s Eve with the DSO”\, “The Detroit Dream Cruise\,” “The PBS Books Readers Club” and “Get Up\, Get Out\,” among others. \nHe is a graduate of Wayne State University and a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan Chapter\, USA Hockey\, and Leadership Detroit.
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SUMMARY:"The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride - Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:LOC National Book Festival 2024 \nEpisode Description:\nIn partnership with WHYY and other local PBS stations\, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by author James McBride to discuss his latest book The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. \nBringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store\, McBride shows us that even in dark times\, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us. \nThe 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington\, D.C.\, on Saturday\, August 24\, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. \nAbout the Book:\nIn 1972\, when workers in Pottstown\, Pennsylvania\, were digging the foundations for a new development\, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill\, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him\, it was Chona and Nate Timblin\, the Black janitor at Moshe’s theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill\, who worked together to keep the boy safe. \nAs these characters’ stories overlap and deepen\, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white\, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town’s white establishment played in it\, McBride shows us that even in dark times\, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us. \nBringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store\, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. \nGuest Biography:\nJames McBride\nJames McBride is the author of The New York Times bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club selection Deacon King Kong; The Good Lord Bird\, winner of the National Book Award; The Color of Water; Song Yet Sung; the story collection Five-Carat Soul; and the James Brown biography Kill ’Em and Leave. His debut novel\, Miracle at St. Anna\, was turned into a 2008 film. In 2016\, McBride was awarded the National Humanities Medal. He is also a musician\, a composer and a current distinguished writer-in-residence at New York University. McBride’s most recent New York Times bestselling novel\, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store\, is featured at the 2024 National Book Festival.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-bookfest-2024-mcbride/
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SUMMARY:"Just for the Summer" by Abby Jimenez - Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:LOC National Book Festival 2024 \nEpisode Description:\nIn partnership with VPM and other local PBS stations\, PBS Books presents a conversation hosted by VPM’s Keyris Manzanares with author Abby Jimenez to discuss her latest book Just for the Summer as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. \nAre things too good to be true when a Reddit thread post leads to an intentional quick fling? It’s not long before this couple is suddenly navigating a lot more than they expected — including catching real feelings for each other. What if this time fate has actually brought the perfect pair together? \nThe 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington\, D.C.\, on Saturday\, August 24\, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. \nAbout the Book:\nJustin has a curse\, and thanks to a Reddit thread\, it’s now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem\, they come up with a plan: They’ll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other’s out\, and they’ll both go on to find the love of their lives. It’s a bonkers idea… and it just might work. \nEmma hadn’t planned that her next assignment as a traveling nurse would be in Minnesota\, but she and her best friend agree that dating Justin is too good of an opportunity to pass up\, especially when they get to rent an adorable cottage on a private island on Lake Minnetonka. \nIt’s supposed to be a quick fling\, just for the summer. But when Emma’s toxic mother shows up and Justin has to assume guardianship of his three siblings\, they’re suddenly navigating a lot more than they expected–including catching real feelings for each other. What if this time Fate has actually brought the perfect pair together? \nGuest Biography:\nAbby Jimenez\nAbby Jimenez is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling romance author. Her novels have sold over 1.5 million copies and been translated into 28 languages. She has received a Good Morning America Book Club pick\, a Book of the Month’s Book of the Year Award and a Minnesota Book Award. Before her writing career\, Jimenez was in the national spotlight as a Cupcake Wars champion and founder of Nadia Cakes bakery\, which has gone on to win numerous Food Network competitions and amass an international following. Her latest novel\, “Just for the Summer\,” is featured at the 2024 National Book Festival. \nHost Biography:\nKeyris Manzanares\, Multimedia Reporter at Virginia Public Media\nKeyris Manzanares is a dynamic\, bilingual\, 2x Emmy-award winning multimedia journalist at VPM\, Virginia’s Home for Public Media. Passionate about stories that impact underserved communities\, she previously worked at WRIC ABC 8News\, where she created and anchored HOY EN RVA to inform Central Virginia’s Latino community. A Virginia Commonwealth University alumna\, she’s covered major issues like health disparities\, housing\, education\, immigration\, COVID-19\, and justice reform. Keyris was born and raised in Virginia.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-bookfest-2024-jimenez/
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SUMMARY:"Night Flyer" by Tiya Miles - Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:LOC National Book Festival 2024 \nEpisode Description:\nIn partnership with Maryland Public Television and other local PBS stations\, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by author Tiya Miles to discuss her latest book Night Flyer as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. \nWith her characteristic tenderness and imaginative genius\, Miles explores beyond the stock historical grid to weave Tubman’s life into the fabric of her world. Harriet Tubman traversed many boundaries\, and thanks to Miles\, she becomes an even clearer and sharper signal from the past\, one that can help us to find a more just and sustainable path. \nThe 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington\, D.C.\, on Saturday\, August 24\, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. \nAbout the Book:\nHarriet Tubman is among the most famous Americans ever born and soon to be the face of the twenty-dollar bill. Yet often she’s a figure more out of myth than history\, almost a comic-book superhero. Despite being barely five feet tall\, unable to read\, and suffering from a brain injury\, she managed to escape from her own enslavement\, return again and again to lead others north to freedom without loss of life\, speak out powerfully against slavery\, and then become the first American woman in history to lead a military raid\, freeing some seven hundred people. You could almost say she’s America’s Robin Hood\, a miraculous vision\, often rightly celebrated but seldom understood. \nTiya Miles’s extraordinary Night Flyer changes all that. With her characteristic tenderness and imaginative genius\, Miles explores beyond the stock historical grid to weave Tubman’s life into the fabric of her world. She probes the ecological reality of Tubman’s surroundings and examines her kinship with other enslaved women who similarly passed through a spiritual wilderness and recorded those travels in profound and moving memoirs. What emerges\, uncannily\, is a human being whose mysticism becomes more palpable the more we understand it—a story that offers us powerful inspiration for our own time of troubles. Harriet Tubman traversed many boundaries\, inner and outer. Now\, thanks to Tiya Miles\, she becomes an even clearer and sharper signal from the past\, one that can help us to echolocate a more just and sustainable path. \nGuest Biography:\nTiya Miles\nTIYA MILES is the Michael Garvey Professor of History at Harvard University\, the author of five prize-winning works on the history of slavery and early American race relations\, and a 2011 MacArthur Fellowship recipient. She was the founder and director of the Michigan-based ECO Girls program\, and she is the author of the National Book Award–winning\, New York Times best-selling All That She Carried. She lives in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, and Bozeman\, Montana.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-bookfest-2024-miles/
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SUMMARY:"Music and Mind" by Renée Fleming - Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:LOC National Book Festival 2024 \nEpisode Description:\nIn partnership with WETA and other local PBS stations\, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by World-Renowned Soprano and Arts/Health Advocate\, Renée Fleming to discuss her latest book “Music and Mind” as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. \nA compelling and growing body of research has shown music and arts therapies to be effective tools for addressing a widening array of conditions\, including providing pain relief\, alleviating anxiety and depression\, regaining speech after stroke or traumatic brain injury\, and improving mobility for people with disorders that include Parkinson’s disease and MS. “Music and Mind” is a groundbreaking book\, the perfect introduction and overview of this exciting new field. \nThe 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington\, D.C.\, on Saturday\, August 24\, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. \nAbout the Book:\nA compelling and growing body of research has shown music and arts therapies to be effective tools for addressing a widening array of conditions\, from providing pain relief and alleviating anxiety and depression to regaining speech after stroke or traumatic brain injury\, and improving mobility for people with disorders that include Parkinson’s disease and MS. \nIn Music and Mind Renée Fleming draws upon her own experience as an advocate to showcase the breadth of this booming field\, inviting leading experts to share their discoveries. In addition to describing therapeutic benefits\, the book explores evolution\, brain function\, childhood development\, and technology as applied to arts and health. \nMuch of this area of study is relatively new\, made possible by recent advances in brain imaging\, and supported by the National Institutes of Health\, major hospitals\, and universities. This work is sparking an explosion of public interest in the arts and health sector. \nFleming has presented on this material in over fifty cities across North America\, Europe\, and Asia\, collaborating with leading researchers\, policy-makers\, and practitioners. With essays from notable musicians\, writers\, and artists\, as well as leading neuroscientists\, Music and Mind is a groundbreaking book\, the perfect introduction and overview of this exciting new field. \nGuest Biography:\nRenée Fleming\nRenée Fleming is an acclaimed soprano and health/arts advocate who has performed at events ranging from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Super Bowl. She has received many honors and awards\, including five Grammys\, the National Medal of Arts and a Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Award. A prominent advocate for research at the intersection of the arts\, health and neuroscience\, Fleming serves as an artistic advisor to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts\, where she launched the first ongoing collaboration between the Kennedy Center and the National Institutes of Health. She is also a 2023 Kennedy Center Honoree and serves as a World Health Organization goodwill ambassador for arts and health. Fleming is the editor of the new essay collection\, “Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness\,” which is featured at the 2024 National Book Festival.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-bookfest-2024-fleming/
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SUMMARY:PBS Books Readers Club - "The Hunter" by Tana French
DESCRIPTION:Readers Club HomeEpisodes \nEpisode Description:\nThe PBS Books Readers Club Welcomes Bestselling Irish Crime Fiction Writer Tana French to discuss her books The Searcher and The Hunter. \nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher and “one of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (VOX)\, comes a spellbinding new tale set in the Irish countryside. \nIt’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. \nFans of PBS crime dramas D.I. Ray and Grantchester will be drawn into this nuanced\, atmospheric tale that explores what we’ll do for our loved ones\, what we’ll do for revenge\, and what we sacrifice when the two collide. \nDon’t miss the PBS Books Readers Club on August 28 at 8:00 pm (ET) as Tana French shares her inspiration behind her novels\, her writing process\, favorite books\, and more. \nAbout the Books:\nGet the E-BookDONATE NOW and download your e-book copy. \n\n“Hailed as the queen of Irish crime fiction\, French spins a taut tale of retribution\, sacrifice\, and family.”—TIME\n\nIt’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. \nCal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He’s found it\, more or less: he’s built a relationship with a local woman\, Lena\, and he’s gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places. But then Trey’s long-absent father reappears\, bringing along an English millionaire and a scheme to find gold in the townland\, and suddenly everything the three of them have been building is under threat. Cal and Lena are both ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey\, but Trey doesn’t want protecting. What she wants is revenge. \nFrom the writer who is “in a class by herself\,” (The New York Times)\, a nuanced\, atmospheric tale that explores what we’ll do for our loved ones\, what we’ll do for revenge\, and what we sacrifice when the two collide. \n\nGet the E-BookDONATE NOW and download your e-book copy. \n\n“This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet . . . Its own kind of masterpiece.” –Maureen Corrigan\, The Washington Post \n“A new Tana French is always cause for celebration . . . Read it once for the plot; read it again for the beauty and subtlety of French’s writing.” –Sarah Lyall\, The New York Times \nCal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce\, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating\, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat\, and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets. \n“One of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (Vox) weaves a masterful\, atmospheric tale of suspense\, asking how to tell right from wrong in a world where neither is simple\, and what we stake on that decision. \n\nGuest Biography:\nTana French\nTana French is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books\, including In the Woods\, The Likeness\, and The Searcher. Her novels have sold over eight million copies worldwide and won numerous awards\, including the Edgar\, Anthony\, Macavity\, and Barry awards\, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller\, and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Dublin with her family. \nReaders Club Hosts:\nHeather Marie Montilla\nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird. \nPrincess Weekes\nPrincess Weekes is an award winning writer and video essayist who works at breaking down the intersections between race\, gender\, and pop culture. Formally an Assistant Editor at The Mary Sue\, co-host of Netflix’s The Geeked Podcast\, and co-host and co-writer on the PBS Digital Series It’s Lit. On weekends she works as a bookseller at a local bookstore. When not reading or writing she can be found playing TTRPGs of cuddling with her cat\, Lola. \nLauren Smith\nExecutive Producer and host of national PBS programming at Detroit Public TV\, Lauren develops content for PBS and other distributors of public media for broadcast\, streaming\, and other digital channels and has executive-produced and/or produced over 60 national broadcast and programs. Her passion is to develop inspiring\, entertaining\, and educational content alongside the best national and international talent\, and to engage important content with communities across the country. Lauren loves to read and has worked to develop and produce PBS Books content for nearly ten years! \nFred Nahhat \nFred Nahhat is an Emmy Award-winning producer\, host\, and presenter for Detroit’s PBS station\, where he serves as Sr. VP of Production. A 30-year broadcast veteran\, Fred has hosted and produced numerous programs for Public TV – including music specials from Il Volo\, Celtic Gold and the New Divas – as well as other series and specials “New Year’s Eve with the DSO”\, “The Detroit Dream Cruise\,” “The PBS Books Readers Club” and “Get Up\, Get Out\,” among others. \nHe is a graduate of Wayne State University and a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan Chapter\, USA Hockey\, and Leadership Detroit.
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SUMMARY:Moonflower Murders | Masterpiece Filmmaker Talk
DESCRIPTION:Episode Description:\nJoin PBS Books in conversation with award-winning novelist and screenwriter\, Anthony Horowitz to discuss MASTERPIECE Mystery!\, Moonflower Murders. This new six-part series sequel continues where the smash hit Magpie Murders left off with editor turned amateur sleuth Susan Ryeland (Manville) and world-famous fictional detective Atticus Pünd (McMullan). Learn fun insights directly from Anthony Horowitz prior to the release of the PBS show! \nMoonflower Murders premieres Sunday\, September 15th at 9 PM ET | 8PM CT \nBefore you watch Moonflower Murders\, go behind the story of the hit series Magpie Murders on PBS Books!  You can watch the full series on the PBS App with your Passport subscription. \nAbout the Show:\n\nThe second of Anthony Horowitz’s adaptation of his own bestselling Susan Ryeland/Atticus Pünd series\, Moonflower Murders picks up in the aftermath of Magpie Murder’s riveting finale\, as book editor-turned-sleuth (turned hotelier) Susan Ryeland is living in Crete with her longtime boyfriend\, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway\, Susan’s prima donna former author\, visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there—a novel that later led Cecily Treherne\, who helps run the hotel\, to believe that the wrong man is behind bars. Now Cecily has disappeared. Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it’s too late? \n\nGuest Biography:\nAnthony Horowitz\nAnthony is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK – and is unique for working across so many media. \nAnthony’s award-winning novel Magpie Murders was published in 2016 to critical acclaim and he adapted it himself for the screen. It aired on MASTERPIECE Mystery! in 2023 with Lesley Manville in the lead role. The sequel\, Moonflower Murders will premiere on MASTERPIECE beginning September 15\, 2024 and Leslie Manville is back to reprise her role as editor Susan Ryland.
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SUMMARY:Highlights - 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:LOC National Book Festival 2024 \nEpisode Description:\nIf you missed any of the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival or want to learn more behind the books of the over 90 featured authors\, poets\, and illustrators\, join PBS Books in collaboration with the Library of Congress as we highlight the memorable moments of the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival. \nFeatured Speakers\, in order of appearance:\n“A Confident Cook”\nFeaturing: Tamron Hall\, Lish Steiling\, Dr. Carla Hayden \nFull DiscussionCelebrating James Baldwin’s Centennial\nFeaturing: Ayana Mathis\, Viet Thanh Nguyen\, Eric Deggans \nFull DiscussionShhh! Don’t Tell Our Secret About the Couch!\nFeaturing: Sasha Dowdy\, Adam Rubin\, Liniers \nFull DiscussionMusic is Medicine\nFeaturing: Renée Fleming\, Daniel J. Levitin\, Michael Andor Brodeur  \nFull DiscussionModern Dating: We Love It\, We Hate It\nFeaturing: Abby Jimenez\, Casey McQuiston\, Megan Labrise  \nFull DiscussionInvestigating the Algorithm: Our Uneasy Ties to Tech\nFeaturing: Joy Boulamwini \, Kyle Chayka\, Regina G. Barber \nFull DiscussionLiterature to Life Performs: ‘I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter’\nWatch the full performance. \nFull Performance‘Romantasy’ Novels\nFeaturing: Rebecca Yarros\, Emily Kwong \nFull DiscussionCelebrating the 40th Anniversary of “The House on Mango Street”\nFeaturing: Sandra Cisneros\, Rachel Martin \nFull DiscussionFeatured 2024 LOC Virtual Author Interviews from PBS Books:\nThe House on Mango Street | Sandra Cisneros \nWatchGood Night Thoughts | Max Greenfield \nWatchthe year of the buttered cat | Susan & Lexi Haas \nWatchThe Heaven and Earth Grocery Store | James McBride \nWatchJust for the Summer | Abby Jimenez \nWatchNight Flyer | Tiya Miles \nWatchMusic and Mind |Renée Fleming \nWatch
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SUMMARY:Creating Reading Rainbow: The Untold Story of a Beloved Children's Series
DESCRIPTION:Episode Description:\nPBS Books explores the stories behind the beloved PBS children’s program\, Reading Rainbow\, with Barbara Irwin\, Tony Buttino\, Sr. and Pam Johnson\, who are the authors of Creating Reading Rainbow: The Untold Story of a Beloved Children’s Series. Join us as we discover the early history of this groundbreaking innovation of learning media that still holds a special place in the lives of many. \nGuest Biograpies:\nBarbara Irwin\, Tony Buttino Sr.\, Pam Johnson\, Ph.D.\nBarbara Irwin\, Author & Reading Rainbow Project Assistant\, Educational Services\, WNED-TV\nBarbara Irwin\, Ph.D.\, is Professor Emerita of Communication at Canisius University in Buffalo\, New York. Specializing in media studies\, she taught courses in media and children\, public broadcasting\, and media literacy. Irwin worked as a Reading Rainbow Project Assistant in the Educational Services department at WNED-TV during the early years of the series. In 2011\, she was named a Faculty Fellow of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. Frequently sought after by local and national media\, her interviews have appeared on National Public Radio\, E! Entertainment Network\, and in USA Today and The Los Angeles Times\, among others. Dr. Irwin is an authority on daytime television and media history\, and co-authored the New York Times bestseller The Young and the Restless Most Memorable Moments and The Young and the Restless Special Silver Anniversary Collector’s Edition. \nTony Buttino Sr.\, Author & Creator\, Reading Rainbow\nTony Buttino Sr. is best known for his leadership in the creation of the Emmy award-winning Public TV series Reading Rainbow. Most of his forty years of working at WNED-TV were spent utilizing and marketing instructional television (ITV) as a teaching and learning tool. And for his efforts\, his colleagues affectionately refer to him as the “Father of ITV.” A multi-year effort to use television to bridge the summer reading gap led to the creation of Reading Rainbow\, which began as a summer series on PBS\, reaching over 6 million beginning readers in its first season. The series went on to become a year-round sensation and was broadcast for 26 years – among the longest running children’s series on PBS. Although as co-executive producer Buttino garnered five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children’s Series\, he says his biggest accomplishment is being able to reach youngsters through television and motivating them to read.\, \nPam Johnson\, Ph.D.\, Author & V.P. of Education and Engagement\, Reading Rainbow\, WNED-TV\nPam Johnson\, Ph.D.\, is Executive Director of Ready To Learn at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting\, a school readiness program developed in partnership with PBS KIDS\, leading children’s content producers\, researchers\, and America’s public media stations with funding from the U.S. Department of Education. Prior to joining CPB\, Dr. Johnson served as Vice President for Education and Engagement at WNED-TV where she spearheaded learning services and advanced innovative initiatives including ThinkBright TV\, the Buffalo Professional Development and Technology Center\, and Reading Rainbow’s national outreach and web priorities. With a passion for exciting children and their grown-ups about learning through media\, Johnson shares that it all began as a station intern working closely with her longtime colleague and friend\, Tony Buttino\, during Reading Rainbow’s early years.
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SUMMARY:Assessment of Nixon Pardon | Policy Talks @ The Ford School
DESCRIPTION:Policy Talks @ The Ford School \nTalk streams on Monday\, Sept. 23 at 8:00 PM EDT \nPolicy Talks @ the Ford School Presents: \nSeptember marks the 50th anniversary of President Gerald R. Ford’s pardon of former President Richard Nixon. Over the past five decades\, that act has been both vilified and then lionized as a great act of patriotism. \nFive decades later\, what is the significance of that unique\, historical pardon? PBS Books is delighted to share a discussion with four legal experts on the significance of the Nixon pardon\, in an appearance recorded at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy \nThe discussion features University of Michigan law professor and former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade\, former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks\, Nixon White House Counsel John Dean and University of Baltimore Law School professor Kimberly Wehle.
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SUMMARY:PBS Books Readers Club - "The Cemetery of Untold Stories" by Julia Alvarez
DESCRIPTION:Readers Club HomeEpisodes \nLiterary icon and great American novelist Julia Alvarez\, bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents\, joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss a luminescent novel about storytelling that reads like an instant classic. \nReaders will be excited to pair this novel with the September 2024 release of American Masters: Julia Alvarez on PBS\, chronicling the life and work of one of the most critically and commercially successful Latina writers of her generation. \nDon’t miss the PBS Books Readers Club on September 25 at 8:00 pm (ET) as Julia Alvarez shares her inspiration\, writing process\, favorite books\, and more. \nAbout the Book:\nGet the E-BookDONATE NOW and download your e-book copy. \n\nNamed a Most Anticipated Book by the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Today.com\, Goodreads\, B&N Reads\, Literary Hub\, HipLatina\, BookPage\, BBC.com\, Zibby Mag\, and more \nAlma Cruz\, the celebrated writer at the heart of The Cemetery of Untold Stories\, doesn’t want to end up like her friend\, a novelist who fought so long and hard to finish a book that it threatened her sanity. So when Alma inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic\, her homeland\, she has the beautiful idea of turning it into a place to bury her untold stories—literally. She creates a graveyard for the manuscript drafts and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her. \nAlma wants her characters to rest in peace. But they have other ideas and soon begin to defy their author: they talk back to her and talk to one another behind her back\, rewriting and revising themselves. Filomena\, a local woman hired as the groundskeeper\, becomes a sympathetic listener to the secret tales unspooled by Alma’s characters. Among them\, Bienvenida\, dictator Rafael Trujillo’s abandoned wife who was erased from the official history\, and Manuel Cruz\, a doctor who fought in the Dominican underground and escaped to the United States. \nThe Cemetery of Untold Stories asks: Whose stories get to be told\, and whose buried? Finally\, Alma finds the meaning she and her characters yearn for in the everlasting vitality of stories. Julia Alvarez reminds us that the stories of our lives are never truly finished\, even at the end. \n\nGuest Biography:\nJulia Alvarez\nJulia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. She is the author of six novels\, three books of nonfiction\, three collections of poetry\, and eleven books for children and young adults. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and\, until her retirement in 2016\, was a writer in residence at Middlebury College. Her work has garnered wide recognition\, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute\, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature\, the Woman of the Year by Latina magazine\, and inclusion in the New York Public Library’s program “The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters\, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez.” In the Time of the Butterflies\, with over one million copies in print\, was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read program\, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Arts in recognition of her extraordinary storytelling. \nReaders Club Hosts:\nHeather Marie Montilla\nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird. \nPrincess Weekes\nPrincess Weekes is an award winning writer and video essayist who works at breaking down the intersections between race\, gender\, and pop culture. Formally an Assistant Editor at The Mary Sue\, co-host of Netflix’s The Geeked Podcast\, and co-host and co-writer on the PBS Digital Series It’s Lit. On weekends she works as a bookseller at a local bookstore. When not reading or writing she can be found playing TTRPGs of cuddling with her cat\, Lola. \nLauren Smith\nExecutive Producer and host of national PBS programming at Detroit Public TV\, Lauren develops content for PBS and other distributors of public media for broadcast\, streaming\, and other digital channels and has executive-produced and/or produced over 60 national broadcast and programs. Her passion is to develop inspiring\, entertaining\, and educational content alongside the best national and international talent\, and to engage important content with communities across the country. Lauren loves to read and has worked to develop and produce PBS Books content for nearly ten years! \nFred Nahhat \nFred Nahhat is an Emmy Award-winning producer\, host\, and presenter for Detroit’s PBS station\, where he serves as Sr. VP of Production. A 30-year broadcast veteran\, Fred has hosted and produced numerous programs for Public TV – including music specials from Il Volo\, Celtic Gold and the New Divas – as well as other series and specials “New Year’s Eve with the DSO”\, “The Detroit Dream Cruise\,” “The PBS Books Readers Club” and “Get Up\, Get Out\,” among others. \nHe is a graduate of Wayne State University and a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan Chapter\, USA Hockey\, and Leadership Detroit.
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SUMMARY:Kelly Church - Sustaining Traditions | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Kelly Church is an Ottawa and Pottawatomi artist belonging to the Matchi-be-nash-she-wish tribe in Hopkins\, MI. A member of the Gun Lake Band in Michigan and a Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Ojibwe descendent\, she comes from an unbroken line of black ash basket makers and from the largest black ash weaving family in the Great Lakes region. Her artistic journey is deeply intertwined with the woodlands and forests of Michigan\, where she harvests and works with a variety of natural fibers including black ash\, birch bark\, cedar bark\, spruce roots\, and basswood. These materials serve as the foundation for her distinctive woven sculptures\, each meticulously crafted and adorned with copper and silver embellishments. \nWith her relatives’ guidance\, Church learned to select the best black ash tree in order to provide the best material to create everything from utilitarian baskets to more conceptual weavings. Each tree she harvests and transforms into a basket tells a story\, just as those before her created baskets that told their own stories. She has learned firsthand how the process of weaving a black ash basket is not only about weaving\, it is also about biochemistry\, forest management\, pest control\, Indigenous language\, family history\, and deep\, ancient connections to the landscape from which her people originate. \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/kelly-church-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:Mike Ford & Jason Carter to Speak: How DO we Run Fair\, Safe Elections? | Policy Talks @ The Ford School
DESCRIPTION:Policy Talks @ The Ford School \nPolicy Talks @ the Ford School Presents: \nJoin the Ford Presidential Foundation and their partners\, The Carter Center\, More Perfect\, and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at University of Michigan\, as they examine the inner workings of the election process as well as expectations for staff conduct around elections. This series has been developed in partnership with Principles for Trusted Elections and More Perfect’s Sustainable Democracy Goals. \nCo-chaired by Mike Ford (son of President Ford) and Jason Carter (grandson of President Carter)\, the Principles for Trusted Elections is an effort to bring awareness to the process insuring fair\, safe\, and secure elections. More Perfect’s “Five Democracy Goals” were created to support key cornerstones of a sustainable and vigorous democracy. \nLearn More>>
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SUMMARY:Fred Wilson - The Silent Message of the Museum | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Fred Wilson is a conceptual artist whose work investigates museological\, cultural\, and historical issues\, which are largely overlooked or neglected by museums and cultural institutions. Since his groundbreaking exhibition Mining the Museum (1992) at the Maryland Historical Society\, Wilson has been the subject of more than 40 solo exhibitions around the globe\, including the retrospective Objects and Installations 1979-2000\, which was organized by the Center for Art and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland\, Baltimore. \nHis work has been exhibited extensively in museums including the Museum of Modern Art\, NY; the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago; the Allen Memorial Museum at Oberlin College\, Ohio; the Cleveland Museum of Art; the Institute of Jamaica\, W.I.; the Museum of World Cultures\, Sweden; the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College; the British Museum; and the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne\, Australia. His work can be found in several public collections\, including the Museum of Modern Art\, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Long Museum\, Shanghai; the Tate Modern in London; and National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne\, Australia. Wilson presented his exhibition Afro Kismet at the 2017 Istanbul Biennial\, Turkey\, which traveled to London\, New York and Los Angeles. \nWilson has served on the Board of Trustees for The American Academy in Rome\, Creative Capital\, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He recently created a permanent outdoor installation for the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston\, SC. In 2021 he was commissioned to create a three-story site- specific installation titled “Mother” in the Delta Terminal at LaGuardia airport\, NYC. He represented the U.S. at the Cairo Biennale (1992) and Venice Biennale (2003). His many accolades include the prestigious MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius” Grant (1999); the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture (2006); the Ford Foundation’s Art of Change fellowship (2018); Brandeis University’s Creative Arts Award (2019); and the 2024 Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/fred-wilson-the-silent-message-of-the-museum-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:Mystery\, Murder & Magic Audiobooks - Booklist Reader
DESCRIPTION:Program Description:\nTo get in the Halloween mood\, PBS Books and the American Library Association’s Booklist Reader are teaming up to help you find your next big scare! Public Librarian and National Director Heather-Marie Montilla will speak with audiobook editor Heather Booth to explore the best mystery\, magic and horror audiobooks released over last few years. Audiobooks are rapidly growing in popularity. While a majority of audiobook readers are between 25 and 44 years of age\, the immersive audiobook experience is attracting people of all ages. Join us to learn about what to look for when selecting an audiobook and get top book recommendations from the experts.  \nHeather Booth\, Audio Editor\nHeather Booth\, Audio Editor\, has been at Booklist since 2018\, a librarian since 2002\, and has been listening to audiobooks since they came on records that were tucked into paper pockets in her picture books. She is always up for listening to a quirky family story\, a twisty mystery\, or that book so well crafted it takes your breath away. Heather in on a quest to bake a perfect macaron and enjoys spending time with family\, her dogs\, and nature. \nMystery\, Murder & Magic AudiobooksThe Angel of Indian Lake\nThe Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones \nThe final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror novels picks up four years after Don’t Fear the Reaper as Jade returns to Proofrock\, Idaho\, to build a life after the years of sacrifice—only to find the Lake Witch is waiting for her in New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones’s finale. \nIt’s been four years in prison since Jade Daniels last saw her hometown of Proofrock\, Idaho\, the day she took the fall\, protecting her friend Letha and her family from incrimination. Since then\, her reputation\, and the town\, have changed dramatically. There’s a lot of unfinished business in Proofrock\, from serial killer cultists to the rich trying to buy Western authenticity. But there’s one aspect of Proofrock no one wants to confront…until Jade comes back to town. The curse of the Lake Witch is waiting\, and now is the time for the final stand. \nNew York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones has crafted an epic horror trilogy of generational trauma from the Indigenous to the townies rooted in the mountains of Idaho. It is a story of the American west written in blood. \nNever Whistle at Night\nNever Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. \nFeaturing stories by: \nNorris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R. Rendon • Waubgeshig Rice • Rebecca Roanhorse • Andrea L. Rogers • Morgan Talty • D.H. Trujillo • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Richard Van Camp • David Heska Wanbli Weiden • Royce K. Young Wolf • Mathilda Zeller \nMany Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance\, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po\, the spirits of ancient warriors\, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza\, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home. \nThese wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts\, curses\, hauntings\, monstrous creatures\, complex family legacies\, desperate deeds\, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones\, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples’ survival and imagination\, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon. \nThe Reformatory\nThe Reformatory by Tananarive Due\, Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt \nA gripping\, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice\, for the living\, and the dead. \nGracetown\, Florida \nJune 1950 \nTwelve-year-old Robbie Stephens\, Jr.\, is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys\, a reformatory\, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister\, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory. \nThe Djinn Waits a Hundred Years\nThe Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan\, Read by Soneela Nankani \nAkbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa. Nearly a century later\, it stands in ruins: an isolated boardinghouse for eclectic misfits\, seeking solely to disappear into the mansion’s dark corridors. Except for Sana. Unlike the others\, she is curious and questioning and finds herself irresistibly drawn to the history of the mansion: To the eerie and forgotten East Wing\, home to a clutter of broken and abandoned objects—and to the door at its end\, locked for decades. \nBehind the door is a bedroom frozen in time and a worn diary that whispers of a dark past: the long-forgotten story of a young woman named Meena\, who died there tragically a hundred years ago. Watching Sana from the room’s shadows is a besotted\, grieving djinn\, an invisible spirit who has haunted the mansion since her mysterious death. Obsessed with Meena’s story\, and unaware of the creature that follows her\, Sana digs into the past like fingers into a wound\, dredging up old and terrible secrets that will change the lives of everyone living and dead at Akbar Manzil. Sublime\, heart-wrenching\, and lyrically stunning\, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years is a haunting\, a love story\, and a mystery\, all twined beautifully into one young girl’s search for belonging. \nGaslight \nGaslight by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and Sara Shepard\, Read by Julia Atwood \n\n\n\nMiles Joris-Peyrafitte (Sundance Award-winning filmmaker and star-studded podcast creator) and bestselling author Sara Shepard (the Pretty Little Liars series) have teamed up to write a timely\, tense\, compelling thriller that stands out for its exploration of the inner workings of cults\, the susceptibility of young minds\, and the fragility of friendship and marriage. Joris-Peyrafitte’s unique storytelling style\, combined with Shepard’s knack for secrets and twists\, makes Gaslight a compelling read for fans far beyond its namesake podcast. Rebecca is leading a tranquil life with her husband Tom and their two young children\, believing her past is firmly behind her\, until an old friend unexpectedly appears on her doorstep to shatter the idyll. The visitor\, Danny\, is a ghastly reminder of a charismatic leader-centered cult and all the secrets—including those relating to abuse—Rebecca is keeping from Tom. Established narrator Atwood’s storytelling flows seamlessly\, even when revisiting past events to provide context. The tone and pacing are spot-on\, with empathy and compassion evident in Atwood’s voice; the audio version of this novel will resonate and appeal to podcast fans. This book is a must-read for fans of cult stories\, thrillers\, complex characters\, or even friendships turned sour (think Pretty Little Liars). Shepard’s unique perspective shines through; her mastery of secrets and twists evident on every page. \n\n\n\nFortune: A Novel\nFortune: A Novel by Ellen Won Steil \nOne drop of blood for a chance at a multimillion-dollar windfall. Is it a philanthropic gesture from a billionaire widow? Some suspect a darker motive behind the DNA lottery―one tied to the eighteen-year-old mystery of an infant’s unidentified remains that mars the history of idyllic Rosemary Hills\, Iowa. Right after the blood lottery is announced\, three local women fall under suspicion of knowing something about that night\, and their carefully kept secrets threaten to spill out too. \nCleo is a divorced single mom forced to return to her hometown and accept a strange job reading to an invalid recluse; Jemma is a controversial state senator whose reelection campaign and teenage daughter have her on edge; and Alex\, a divorce attorney\, copes with a crumbling marriage of her own and the suffocating presence of a cold\, overbearing mother. \nSoon\, unimaginable revelations of the past will collide with the present―and not just for Cleo\, Jemma\, and Alex. In this seemingly ordinary community\, they aren’t the only ones with long-buried secrets. \nMaude Horton's Glorious Revenge\nMaude Horton’s Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook\, Read by Genevieve Gaunt \nTwenty-year-old Constance Horton has run away from her life in Victorian London\, disguising herself as a boy to board the Makepeace\, an expedition vessel bound for the icy and unexplored Northwest Passage of the Arctic. She struggles to keep her real identity a secret on the ship\, a feat that only grows more difficult when facing the constant dangers of the icy North. \nEven more dangerous than the cold\, the storms\, and the hunger\, are some of the men aboard—including the ship’s scientist Edison Stowe. He’s watching Constance\, and she knows that his attention could be fatal. \nIn London two years later: Maude Horton is searching for the truth. After being told by the British Admiralty that her sister’s death onboard the Makepeace was nothing more than a tragic accident\, she receives a diary revealing that Edison Stowe had more of a hand in Constance’s death than the returning crew acknowledged. \nIn order to get the answers she needs\, Maude shadows Edison. She joins him on a new venture he’s started to capitalize on the murder mania that has all of London in a frenzy—a travel company that takes guests around the country via train to witness public hangings—to extract the truth from him in any way possible. \nNo One Goes Alone\nNo One Goes Alone by Erik Larson \nFrom New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson comes his first venture into fiction\, an otherworldly tale of intrigue and the impossible that marshals his trademark approach to nonfiction to create something new: a ghost story thoroughly grounded in history. \nPioneering psychologist William James leads an expedition to a remote isle in search of answers after a family inexplicably vanishes. Was the cause rooted in the physical world . . . or were there forces more paranormal and sinister at work? Available only on audio\, because as Larson says\, ghost stories are best told aloud. \nA group of researchers sets sail for the Isle of Dorn in the North Atlantic in 1905 to explore the cause of several mysterious disappearances\, most notably a family of four who vanished without a trace after a week-long holiday on the island. Led by Professor James\, a prominent member of the Society for Psychical Research\, they begin to explore the island’s sole cottage and surrounding landscape in search of a logical explanation.
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SUMMARY:Pablo Helguera\, Jenna Bednar\, Philippa Hughes & Lexa Walsh - Radical Conversations | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:In a time of profound division\, embracing diverse perspectives becomes a catalyst for meaningful change. How do we transcend boundaries to cultivate an environment committed to fostering honest\, caring\, and courageous conversations? How are artists responding to these questions through their work? Guided by the framing of U-M Professor Jenna Bednar\, artists Pablo Helguera\, Philippa Hughes\, and Lexa Walsh will delve into the transition from transactional to relational public policy\, nurturing our societal fabric with pillars of community\, sustainability\, dignity\, and beyond. Together\, they will reflect on the essence of American identity and envision pathways to a flourishing society. \nJenna Bednar is a political scientist whose work explores themes of civic engagement\, institutional design\, and the interplay between individual agency and systemic structures. Her research is on the analysis of institutions\, focusing on the theoretical underpinnings of the stability of federal states. Bednar is the faculty director of UMICH Votes and Democratic Engagement\, a non-partisan campus coalition whose mission is to improve the accessibility of voting\, foster the confidence necessary to navigate the voting process successfully\, and help students understand why their votes matter. \nPablo Helguera\, a Mexico City-born artist now based in New York\, explores a wide array of mediums including installation\, sculpture\, photography\, drawing\, and performance\, often intertwining themes of history\, pedagogy\, sociolinguistics\, ethnography\, memory\, and the absurd. His work spans from lectures and museum installations to musical performances and written fiction. Notably\, his project “The School of Panamerican Unrest” exemplifies his blend of art and education\, involving a 20\,000-mile journey from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. Helguera has exhibited and performed globally\, from the Museum of Modern Art to the Museo de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid\, and has been recognized with a Guggenheim fellowship and grants from institutions like Creative Capital and Art Matters. He is author of several books and writes a regular column titled “Beautiful Eccentrics.” \nPhilippa Hughes’ artistic endeavors celebrate human connection and dialogue\, creating spaces that encourage diverse communities to engage in transformative experiences. Her installations\, events\, and curated environments foster environments where honesty\, empathy\, and courage can flourish. Hughes draws inspiration from everyday interactions and collective storytelling. By challenging boundaries and amplifying marginalized voices\, her work provokes thought\, sparks dialogue\, and inspires action towards a more inclusive and compassionate society. She is currently Visiting Artist For Art & Civic Engagement at UMMA presenting the exhibition and social engagement platform “Hey\, We Need To Talk!”. \nLexa Walsh uses her background in both sculpture and social practice to make site specific projects\, exhibitions\, publications and objects\, using an array of materials and employing social engagement\, institutional critique\, and radical hospitality. She creates platforms for interaction across hierarchies\, representing multiple voices and inventing new ways of belonging. Walsh has exhibited and performed internationally for over 25 years at institutions large and small\, and in public spaces. \nLearn More>> \nPresented in Partnership with UMMA as part of VOTE2024 and the Creative Campus Voting Project through UMICH Votes \nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Radio.\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/pablo-helguera-jenna-bednar-philippa-hughes-lexa-walsh-radical-conversations-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:John Collins & Scott Shepherd with Tom Sellar - Elevator Repair Service | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:James Joyce’s Ulysses has fascinated\, perplexed\, scandalized\, and/or defeated readers for over a century. Building on a rich history of staging modernist works—Gatz\, The Sound and the Fury\, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)—Elevator Repair Service (ERS) takes on this Mount Everest of twentieth-century literature. \nElevator Repair Service (ERS) is a New York City–based company that creates original works for live theater with an ongoing ensemble. The company’s shows are created from a wide range of texts that include found transcripts of trials and debates\, literature\, classical dramas\, and new plays. Founded in 1991\, ERS has created an extensive body of work that includes upwards of 20 original pieces. These have earned the company a loyal following and made it one of New York’s most highly acclaimed experimental theater companies. The company is best known for Gatz\, its award-winning verbatim staging of the entire text of The Great Gatsby. ERS has received numerous awards and distinctions\, including Lortel awards\, a Bessie award\, and an OBIE award for Sustained Excellence\, as well as a Guggengheim Fellowship and Doris Duke Performing Artist Award for Artistic Director John Collins. \nFor their Penny Stamps event\, Elevator Repair Service’s John Collins and Scott Shepherd will discuss the founding of ERS\, the arc of its work\, the importance of literature as a cultural influence\, and their upcoming performance\, Ulysses\, which will be staged as part of the University Musical Society’s 2024-25 season. \nJohn Collins (Director) founded Elevator Repair Service in 1991. Since then he has directed or co-directed all of the company’s productions while also serving as the company’s Artistic Director. ERS productions directed by Collins include Cab Legs\, Room Tone\, Gatz\, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)\, The Sound and the Fury\, Arguendo\, Measure for Measure\, and numerous others. The company’s work\, under his direction\, has been seen in over a dozen countries as well as in cities across the U.S. John is an experienced sound designer and has worked for The Wooster Group\, Richard Foreman\, Target Margin Theater\, and others. Recent projects include Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge\, and a new adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a United States Artists Fellowship\, and a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award. \nScott Shepherd (Performer\, Co-Director\, Dramaturg) has been a member of ERS since 1994\, when he played a drunk passed out on a radiator in McGurk: A Cautionary Tale. Other ERS appearances include Measure for Measure; Gatz (Obie Award); No Great Society; Total Fictional Lie; Cab Legs; and Shut Up I Tell You. He has worked with The Wooster Group since 1997\, playing Hamlet in Hamlet and other roles in The Town Hall Affair; Vieux Carré; Poor Theater (Obie Award); To You\, The Birdie!; Brace Up!; and others. His screen credits include Killers of the Flower Moon\, The Last of Us\, First Cow\, El Camino\, True Detective\, The Young Pope\, and Bridge of Spies. \nThis event will be an interview conducted by Tom Sellar\, a writer\, editor\, dramaturg and curator\, editor of Yale’s international journal Theater\, and professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at Yale. Sellar’s arts writing and criticism has appeared in national publications including Artforum\, BOMB\, the New York Times\, the Guardian\, 4Columns\, TheatreForum\, and American Theatre. \nElevator Repair Service will perform Ulysses at the Power Center on October 19th at 7:30 p.m. and October 20th at 2:00 p.m..  For more information and to order tickets\, visit UMS.org. \nLearn More>> \nPresented in partnership with University Musical Society. \nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Radio. \n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/john-collins-scott-shepherd-with-tom-sellar-elevator-repair-service-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:One Nation\, Divergent Views: A Pre-Election Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:Program Description:\nIn the run-up to the presidential election\, hear from special guests Bret Stephens and Lydia Polgreen of The New York Times\, María Elena Salinas of ABC News and Vincent Hutchings of U-M Center for Political Studies\, in conversation with “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson\, as they provide insights on critical issues shaping the 2024 election and social science research on the American voting public. \nPBS Books partners with the University of Michigan Wallace House Center for Journalists and the Institute for Social Research on this special event\, at the intersection of journalism and social science. \nDrawing on findings from the 75-year-long American National Election Studies\, the discussion will explore the dramatic rise of political polarization\, the significant decline in public trust in government and other key factors influencing voter behavior. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to hear diverse perspectives on the forces shaping the upcoming election. It’s part of the University of Michigan’s Year of Democracy\, Civic Empowerment and Global Engagement initiative.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/one-nation-divergent-views-a-pre-election-roundtable/
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SUMMARY:PBS Books Readers Club – “The Marlow Murder Club” by Robert Thorogood
DESCRIPTION:Readers Club HomeEpisodesEpisode Description:\nAuthor\, screenwriter\, and producer Robert Thorogood joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss the murder-mystery book The Marlow Murder Club\, soon to be a Masterpiece drama series on PBS \nTo solve an impossible murder\, you need an impossible hero… \nThe Marlow Murder Club follows the adventures of unlikely amateur sleuth Judith Potts\, a crossword puzzle setter living happily on her own in the quaint town of Marlow. \nJudith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow\, there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink\, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords for The Times newspaper. \nOne evening\, while out swimming in the Thames\, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. The local police don’t believe her story\, so she decides to investigate for herself\, and is soon joined in her quest by Suzie\, a salt-of-the-earth dog-walker\, and Becks\, the prim and proper wife of the local Vicar. Together\, they are the Marlow Murder Club. When another body turns up\, they realize they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape… \nReaders will be excited to pair this novel with the October 27\, 2024 Masterpiece premiere of The Marlow Murder Club on PBS. The thrilling\, four-part series stars Samantha Bond (Downton Abby) as Judith Potts\, who is joined by Jo Martin\, Cara Horgan and Natalie Dew as Suzie\, Becks\, and DS Tanika Malik. The Marlow Murder Club series airs Sundays on PBS beginning October 27\, 2024\, with the full season available in PBS Passport on October 27\, 2024. \nAuthor and writer Robert Thorogood said: “After over a decade of working on Death in Paradise\, I’m thrilled to be creating a brand-new murder mystery series for TV. I can’t wait for audiences to join Judith\, Becks and Suzie on their adventures as they solve a series of fiendishly puzzling murders.” \nAbout the Book:\nGet the E-BookDONATE NOW and download your e-book copy. \n\nTo solve an impossible murder\, you need an impossible hero… \nJudith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow\, there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink\, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords for The Times newspaper. \nOne evening\, while out swimming in the Thames\, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. The local police don’t believe her story\, so she decides to investigate for herself\, and is soon joined in her quest by Suzie\, a salt-of-the-earth dog-walker\, and Becks\, the prim and proper wife of the local Vicar. \nTogether\, they are the Marlow Murder Club. \nWhen another body turns up\, they realise they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape… \n\nGuest Biography:\nRobert Thorogood\nRobert Thorogood is an author\, screenwriter\, producer\, and the creator of the hit BBC One TV series Death In Paradise. He was born in Colchester\, Essex\, in 1972. When he was 10-years old\, he read his first proper novel – Agatha Christie’s Peril at End House – and he’s been in love with the genre ever since. He now lives in Marlow in Buckinghamshire with his wife and children. \nReaders Club Hosts:\nHeather Marie Montilla\nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird. \nPrincess Weekes\nPrincess Weekes is an award winning writer and video essayist who works at breaking down the intersections between race\, gender\, and pop culture. Formally an Assistant Editor at The Mary Sue\, co-host of Netflix’s The Geeked Podcast\, and co-host and co-writer on the PBS Digital Series It’s Lit. On weekends she works as a bookseller at a local bookstore. When not reading or writing she can be found playing TTRPGs of cuddling with her cat\, Lola. \nLauren Smith\nExecutive Producer and host of national PBS programming at Detroit Public TV\, Lauren develops content for PBS and other distributors of public media for broadcast\, streaming\, and other digital channels and has executive-produced and/or produced over 60 national broadcast and programs. Her passion is to develop inspiring\, entertaining\, and educational content alongside the best national and international talent\, and to engage important content with communities across the country. Lauren loves to read and has worked to develop and produce PBS Books content for nearly ten years! \nFred Nahhat \nFred Nahhat is an Emmy Award-winning producer\, host\, and presenter for Detroit’s PBS station\, where he serves as Sr. VP of Production. A 30-year broadcast veteran\, Fred has hosted and produced numerous programs for Public TV – including music specials from Il Volo\, Celtic Gold and the New Divas – as well as other series and specials “New Year’s Eve with the DSO”\, “The Detroit Dream Cruise\,” “The PBS Books Readers Club” and “Get Up\, Get Out\,” among others. \nHe is a graduate of Wayne State University and a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan Chapter\, USA Hockey\, and Leadership Detroit.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/readers-club-110/
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