For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Filter by: Keyword search: Category: Leon Levy Center for Biography Sort by: Date, Ascending Date, Descending Title, A-Z Title, Z-A Previous 12345678 Next Brenda Wineapple on Andrew Johnson's impeachment, with Eric Foner 06/03/2019 06:30 PM Brenda Wineapple on The Impeachers: the Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation, in conversation with historian Eric Foner. Read more Colin Asher on Nelson Algren, with Russell Banks 05/08/2019 06:30 PM Former Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellow Colin Asher on Never a Lovely So Real: the Life and Work of Nelson Algren, in conversation with acclaimed novelist Russell Banks. Read more CITY OF SCIENCE: Freeman Dyson: A Remarkable Life Journey Through Quantum Physics 04/17/2019 06:30 PM Freeman Dyson is one of the giants in the world of physics. Dyson, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Studies and author of the recent memoir Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography... Read more Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom David Blight in Conversation with James Oakes 04/15/2019 06:30 PM Two leading historians of the Civil War era, David Blight (Yale) and James Oakes (The Graduate Center), discuss Blight’s acclaimed book Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. Read more James Atlas moderates panel: Remembering Philip Roth 04/03/2019 06:30 PM James Atlas moderates Remembering Roth, a panel celebrating the life and work of Philip Roth. The panelists are David Remnick, Claudia Roth Pierpont, Blake Bailey and Judith Thurman Read more Remembering Roth 04/03/2019 06:30 PM To celebrate the publication of James Atlas’ book Remembering Roth as an Audible Original, the author will be joined by four of Roth’s keenest appreciators: David Redneck, Blake Bailey, Claudia... Read more Silvana Paternostro on Solitude & Co: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: a Life, with Cristobal Pera 03/18/2019 06:30 PM Silvana Paternostro on Solitude & Company: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez Told with Help from His Friends, Family, Fans... in conversation with Cristobal Pera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's editor... Read more Former LLCB Fellow Peter Filkins on H. G. Adler: A Life in Many Worlds, moderator Eric Banks 03/14/2019 06:30 PM Former Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellow Peter Filkins on H. G. Adler: A Life in Many Worlds, in conversation with Eric Banks, director of the New York Insitute for the Humanities Read more Bridgett M Davis on The World According to Fannie Davis, with Farah Jasmine Griffin 02/15/2019 06:30 PM Bridgett M Davis on her memoir, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers, in conversation with Farah Jasmine Griffin Read more Karin Roffman on John Ashbery with Mary Ann Caws 12/11/2018 06:30 PM Karin Roffman discusses The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery's Early Years with renowned scholar and Distinguished Faculty Emerita Mary Ann Caws. Read more