Sheida Soleimani is an Iranian-American artist, educator, and activist. The daughter of political refugees who escaped Iran in the early 1980s, Soleimani makes work that excavates the histories of violence linking Iran, the United States, and the Greater Middle East.
Shana Moulton is an artist who works in video and performance. Her work blends feminist sensibilities with surrealist imagery and sound to probe the complexities of the contemporary psyche.
PBS Books is thrilled to partner with the Marygrove Conservancy’s Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series (CAALS) to welcome Marlon James, winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize as the featured speaker for the 2026 Bauder Lecture live streaming event.
Award-winning British-Somali writer and 2025 – 2026 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow Ismail Einashe, presents a deeply personal exploration of how art can reclaim the humanity of migrants and their stories, too often lost in the headlines of global displacement.
Lisa Hanawalt is an artist and writer, best known for her work in animation. She’s the production designer and producer of BoJack Horseman, the acclaimed animated series on Netflix.
Host Heather-Marie Montilla and Daniel Montgomery, Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA) explore the enduring importance of libraries and librarians in shaping American society, culture, and civic life.Â
Designer Jonathan Adler blends high and low cultural influences into a globally recognized brand defined by modern American glamour, humor, and craftsmanship, and in his talk shares how he built that distinctive voice—and how emerging designers can find their own—across a career spanning retail, television, and major industry honors.
PBS Books Readers Club welcomes British author and conservationist Isabella Tree to discuss her inspirational non-fiction book Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm. The episode premieres on April 29th at 8PM ET as a PBS Books Facebook Live event, on the PBS Books YouTube channel, pbsbooks.org, and the PBS app. Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm chronicles the real-life experiences of Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell as they take on rewilding their 3,500-acre Knepp Castle Estate in Sussex, England. A land ravaged by centuries of farming, it was starting to fail, and along with it, the family’s sense [...]
PBS Books is pleased to partner with The Zekelman Holocaust Center for an Author Conversation with Arthur Myron Horwitz to discuss his new book Dual Identities: Living in Meier’s Shadow.
PBS Books is pleased to partner with The Zekelman Holocaust Center for an Author Conversation with Arthur Myron Horwitz to discuss his new book Dual Identities: Living in Meier’s Shadow.
Join us in Pennsylvania to hear learn about layered histories that continue to foster bold imaginations today.
PBS Books Readers Club welcomes New York Times bestselling author Allegra Goodman of "Sam and Isola" to discuss her brand-new novel "This Is Not About Us."
