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Editors Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors examine American history through the lens of literature. Their collection of over two hundred essays from numerous contributors range from Ben Franklin's letters and George Washington's farewell address to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. The editors are joined by Lindsay Waters, executive editor of the humanities at Harvard University Press and take questions from Homi Bhabha, Larry Buell, Glenda Carpio, Liz Cohen ...

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"Whores: How and Why I Came to Fight the Establishment" The lawyer and founder of Judicial Watch, who was able to convict President Clinton of perjury, discusses why he investigates public officials.

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"Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide " Sheryl wudunn and Nicholas Kristof profile women living in Africa and Asia who have overcome terrible odds to make lives for themselves. This event was part of the New York Times' "Times Talks" interview series.

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Author, autism advocate, and animal scientist Temple Grandin was our guest for In Depth on November 1, 2009. Ms. Grandin is the author of over eight books, including Thinking In Pictures: My Life with Autism, Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior, and The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's. Temple Grandin is an animal science professor at Colorado State University and a consultant and designer of livestock handling facilities. She ...

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"Marked for Death: Dying for the Story in the World's Most Dangerous Places" In "Marked for Death," Terry Gould profiles seven journalists who were killed while covering stories in some of the world's most dangerous places (Colombia, Iraq, Philippines, Russia, and Bangladesh). He spoke about the book at the offices of the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York City.

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"A Different Shade of Blue: How Women Changed the Face of Police Work" A Seattle judge explores the history of women in the local police force and how he believes integration of women changed the face of police work nationwide. The event is a forum with real policewomen in Seattle.

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"The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable" David Cole and a panel of experts talk about the latest (April 2009) release of Justice Department memos relating to the cia's use of interrogation techniques in the war on terror. The panel discusses whether Justice Department lawyers, in providing support for the techniques, should be held accountable for advocating torture. Stuart Taylor from Newsweek, George Washington University law professor Alan Morrison and Georgetown University law ...

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"Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives" A social scientist argues that almost every choice we make has something to do with the social networks we belong to. Using studies and statistics, Dr. Fowler discusses how all behaviors are contagious, including overeating, suicide and choice of romantic partner. The event is in San Diego.

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Robert Caro delivers the 2009 Leon Levy Biography Lecture hosted by The Graduate Center at the City University of New York. Mr. Caro presents his thoughts on writing biographies, how he does his research and remarks on the yet to be published final book of his multi-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson.

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"The Next Front: Southeast Asia and the Road to Global Peace with Islam" Senator Christopher ("Kit") Bond appeared on C-span's Washington Journal to talk about his book, "The Next Front." Sen. Bond, who co-wrote the book with Lewis Simons, argues that Americans have ignored Southeast Asia for too long and that the region provides a good opening for making peace with the Muslim world. Sen. Bond was interviewed and took questions from C-SPAN viewers.

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