Roosevelt House, along with the Hunter College Jewish Studies Center, are pleased to present distinguished longtime staff writer and critic at The New Yorker, David Denby, on his new book, Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer. He will be in conversation with Jewish Studies Center Director and author Leah Garrett. The event is …
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In Life on a Little-Known Planet, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert collects her most compelling pieces about climate change and the natural world. Join Science Friday as they talk with Kolbert about her reporting, which has taken her across the globe to meet the researchers and concerned citizens working to …
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For decades, renowned environmental writer Elizabeth Kolbert has taken readers to remote corners of the planet to understand how all life is connected—and how our planet is changing. She’s covered everything from the collapse of insect populations to the success of one town’s effort to go carbon neutral. Host Flora …
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Philip and William Taubman’s McNamara at War is this year’s winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History, The New York Historical announced Monday. Read about it here!
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Publishers Weekly attempts to unravel the tangled web of literary influence by talking with the great writers of today about the writers of yesterday who inspired them. This month, they spoke with acclaimed journalists Michael Pollan (A World Appears, How to Change Your Mind) and Elizabeth Kolbert (Life on a …
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