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Beverly Daniel Tatum
“An unusually sensitive work about the racial barriers that still divide us in so many areas of life.” — Jonathan Kozol

Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is self-segregation a coping strategy or a problem? Twenty years ago, in Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, brought a complicated argument to the table: an appreciation of racial identity formation as essential to any potential communication across racial and ethnic differences. With a completely revised edition, Tatum joins us to discuss why we're apart when we're together.
David Frum | Appel Salon | January 22, 2018
"The real question for me is not 'how did Hilary Clinton lose?' but 'how did Donald Trump become the Republican nominee?' that's the thing that is really weird. That's the thing that has to be explained." —David Frum

Bestselling author, former White House speechwriter and senior editor at The Atlantic discusses his latest book, Trumpocracy.
Daniel Ellsberg: "The Doomsday Machine" | Talks at Google
With recent news stories about big red buttons and a blockbuster movie (The Post) about the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg's story is very timely. He's the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, and his book is an eyewitness exposé of the dangers of America's Top Secret, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that continues to this day.

Framed as a memoir—a chronicle of madness in which Ellsberg acknowledges participating—this gripping tale reads like a thriller and offers feasible steps we can take to dismantle the existing "doomsday machine" and avoid nuclear catastrophe. The Doomsday Machine is thus a real-life Dr. Strangelove story and an ultimately hopeful—and powerfully important—book about not just our country, but the future of the world.
Philosophical Foundations of Immigration Law
Political philosopher Jeremy Waldron explored how economic and cultural interests can determine immigration policy. The presentation served as the 2017 Frederic R. and Molly S. Kellogg Biennial Lecture on Jurisprudence.

Speaker Biography: Jeremy Waldron is a law professor at New York University, where he teaches in the areas of constitutional theory, legal philosophy and political theory. He was previously the Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College, Oxford. Waldron was born in New Zealand and educated in law and philosophy at the University of Otago and University of Oxford. He has held academic appointments at the University of Edinburgh (1983-1987), University of California, Berkeley (1987-1996), Princeton University (1995-1996) and Columbia University (1996-2006). A prolific scholar, he has written and published many articles and books on the subject of jurisprudence and political theory. His books include "The Dignity of Legislation," "Law and Disagreement," "Torture, Terror and Trade-offs: Philosophy for the White House," "Dignity, Rank, and Rights," "Political Theory" and "One Another's Equals: The Basis of Human Equality."
Writer Gish Jen on her book 'The Girl at the Baggage Claim'
Gish Jen is a prize-winning chronicler of the Chinese-American experience in fiction. Her new work is nonfiction. The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap (2017), explores stark differences between Eastern and Western ideas of the "self."

Jen’s other books include The Love Wife (2004), Mona in the Promised Land (1996), Who’s Irish? (1999), and Typical American (1991).

This event was cosponsored by the State Education Department’s Office of Cultural Education, Friends of the New York State Library, and the UAlbany Center for International Education and Global Strategy in association with the launch of its new Global Distinction program
Carmen Maria Machado: "Her Body and Other Parties" | Talks at Google
Carmen Maria Machado is a fiction writer, critic, and essayist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, Tin House, Guernica, Gulf Coast, NPR, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Michener-Copernicus Foundation, the Elizabeth George Foundation, the CINTAS Foundation, the Speculative Literature Foundation, the Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Workshop, the University of Iowa, the Yaddo Corporation, Hedgebrook, and the Millay Colony for the Arts. She is the Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, and lives in Philadelphia with her wife.

In this talk, Machado reads the short story "Inventory" in full from her first published book, "Her Body and Other Parties." In "Inventory," a woman details the sexual encounters of her life against the backdrop of a deadly and highly contagious virus spreading throughout the world. The virus is blooming on the horizon; come listen.
A Conversation with Alice Walker
Alice Walker answers reads questions about her writing, live, and views on current affairs.
Why Trump Is Not a Fascist: A Conversation with Vivek Chibber and Achin Vanaik
Achin Vanaik (“The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism”) and Vivek Chibber (“Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital”) discuss new forms of authoritarianism and nationalism in the age of Modi, Putin, Erdogan, and Trump. The discussion is moderated by Amber A’Lee Frost (“Current Affairs” and “Chapo Trap House”).
Palestinian author Huzama Habayeb talks about her novel, the medal and Jerusalem
In December last year the Palestinian author Huzama Habayeb was awarded the 2017 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, for her powerful work "Velvet," described by the judges as “a new kind of Palestinian novel.”

The timely book focuses on the harsh everyday life of Hawwa, an ordinary yet strong and resilient Palestinian woman who lives in a refugee camp in Jordan during the 1960s and 1970s.

In this interview, the Mahfouz winner talks about the challenges of writing the novel, her main protagonist Hawwa, what it meant for Habayeb to win the prize, and her strong Palestinian heritage and roots.
Johann Hari on How Neoliberalism Drives Depression and Anxiety in the U.S.
The United States is one of the most depressed countries in the world. Could it be because of the country’s adoption of neoliberal economic policies? We speak to Johann Hari, author of a controversial new book, “Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression—and the Unexpected Solutions.” He writes, “Junk food has taken over our diets, and it is making millions of people physically sick. A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that something similar is happening with our minds—that they have become dominated by junk values, and this is making us mentally sick, triggering soaring rates of depression and anxiety.”
Rose McGowan in Conversation with Ronan Farrow: BRAVE
The voice that gave rise to a watershed moment belongs to Rose McGowan. Best known for her Hollywood and television roles (Planet Terror, Scream, Jawbreaker, Charmed), she battled a sexist and abusive industry bent on hijacking her image, propelling her to become an activist and agent of change. It was McGowan’s explosive reports in The New Yorker and The New York Times that opened the floodgates that have brought sexual assault and harassment out of the shadows. Joined by journalist Ronan Farrow, who wrote The New Yorker story, McGowan talks about the experiences captured in her new book, BRAVE. Equal parts memoir and manifesto, the work is as fierce, raw and unapologetic as its creator.
Michael Chabon Introduced and Interviewed by Ben Marcus
Michael Chabon opens the Poetry Center’s 79th season with a reading from Moonglow — “a dashing, Technicolor tribute to his grandfather’s generation and a flamboyantly imaginative work of fiction,” wrote the Wall Street Journal, naming it the Best Novel of 2016. Recorded Sep 27, 2017 at 92nd Street Y.
April Ryan, "Authors on Race in America Panel"
April Ryan, author and Washington Bureau Chief for American Urban Radio Networks, moderated a panel discussion on race in America.
Jacob Riis: Revealing New York's Other Half
Bonnie Yochelson describes her book, "Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York's Other Half: A Complete Catalog of His Photographs" and how Riis, a Danish-born immigrant to the United States who found his life's most important work in the slums of early 20th-century New York City, changed the course of history.

Speaker Biography: Bonnie Yochelson is a former curator of prints and photographs at the Museum of the City of New York and an art historian specializing in photography. Her books include "Alfred Stieglitz New York" and "Berenice Abbott: Changing New York, The Complete WPA Project."
Rookie on Love
Rookie’s Tavi Gevinson and friends share pieces from the new anthology “Rookie on Love.”

Back in 2011 a fifteen-year-old Tavi Gevinson launched Rookie, and online magazine focusing on art and writing, fashion, pop culture, feminism, and social issues, especially ones that effect teens. Over the years the magazine has grown into a powerful voice and has decided to address one of life's most heart-breaking and breath-taking experiences: love.

This collection includes 45 voices, featuring exclusive, never-before-seen essays, poems, comics, and interviews from contributors like Jenny Zhang, Emma Straub, Hilton Als, Janet Mock, John Green, Rainbow Rowell, Gabourey Sidibe, Mitski, Alessia Cara, Etgar Keret, Margo Jefferson, Sarah Manguso, Durga Chew-Bose, and many more!

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