Podcast Archive
Elizabeth Nunez
November 10, 2009"The author of five previous novels, Prof. Nunez reads from [her latest book, Anna In-Between], as part of the Provost Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series at York College." »
Billy Collins
November 9, 2009"For one of America's most beloved poets, writing poems is still a leap of faith." »
Edwidge Danticat
September 28, 2009"Danticat helped kick off the 2009 Provost Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series at York College this September. Known for her haunting depictions of Haitian immigrants, Danticat explained the essence of her work." »
David Remnick
September 22, 2009Dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Steve Shepard and David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, had a discussion about The New Yorker's role in the changing media landscape, the future of long-form magazine journalism, The New Yorker's approach to covering stories, and other topics of interest. (video) »
A.M. Homes
August 24, 2009"'I didn't mean to become a writer," [A.M. Homes] told the audience at the Best-Selling Author Series at Kingsborough Community College. 'I wanted to be in the Rolling Stones'..." »
Walter Mosley's Heroes
August 12, 2009"Mosley, a City College graduate who founded the Publishing Certificate Program there, reads selections from 'The Long Fall.'" »
War-time Espionage with Alan Furst
July 28, 2009"'[Paris] was the heartbeat of culture - it symbolized the height and potential of human civilization,' said [Alan] Furst, speaking and reading from his mot recent New York Times Best-Seller, 'The Spies of Warsaw,' at the Best-Selling Author Series at Kingsborough Community College." »
From Speechwriting to Poetry
April 9, 2009"At an event co-sponsored by the Poetry Society of America (PSA) and Queens College's MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation, Prof. [Jericho] Brown discussed his work with Robert Casper, programs director at PSA, and read from his first book of poetry, 'Please.'"
Her Prose: Hansel and Gretel Revisited
December 16, 2008/span>
"At a reception in her honor at Baruch College, [Francine] Prose read and discussed 'Hansel and Gretel,' a short story she first published in 1996." »
Crafting an Eloquent Beginning
December 10, 2008"John Jay College Associate Professor John Matteson, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book 'Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father,' compares the beginning of biography to the overture in an opera...at an event entitled 'An Eloquent Beginning,' hosted by the Leon LEvy Center for Biography at the Graduate Center." »
Re-Writing the Russian-Jewish Experience
May 13, 2008"As part of Hunter College's Distinguished Writers Series, Mr. Shteyngart reads an excerpt from his 2006 work, 'Absurdistan'...." »
Poet Frank Bidart Reads
May 13, 2008"Critically acclaimed poet Frank Bidart reads from his latest collection, “Watching the Spring Festival,” his first volume of lyric poetry..." »
U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic
April 28, 2008"Discussing his work and remarkable life, Prof. Simic says, “I don’t think, ever before, has there been so much interest in poetry..." »
"John Edgar Wideman Kicks Off Black Writers' Conference"
March 26, 2008"One of the most prominent African American writers today, Mr. Wideman is the first author to have been awarded the International PEN/Faulkner Award twice..." »
AWP Best-Selling Authors Readings
February 13, 2008CUNY Best-selling authors dazzled the audience with selections from their latest works at the 2008 AWP Writers Conference...»
Marathon Reading Featuring CUNY’s Literary Superstars
January 23, 2008"Some of the most renowned names in fiction, Non-fiction and poetry are part of the creative writing faculty at CUNY..." »
"MFA in Creative Writing Now in Queens"
January 8, 2008"This fall, Queens College welcomed the inaugural class of its new MFA in Creative Writing-the first program of its kind in Queens..." »
"Writing Other Lives: Janet Malcolm and Wendy Lesser in Conversation"
October 25, 2007"Janet Malcolm investigates how the literary figures Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas managed to get through World War II while living in France...." »
"Defying Type: Poet Gregory Pardlo"
July 30, 2007"Pardlo reads and discusses selections from his upcoming book “Totem,” winner of the American Poetry Review’s Honickman First Book Prize..." »
"An Evening with Colin Channer"
June 21, 2007
"Colin Channer, reads excerpts from his latest novella, which has been hailed as a 'nearly perfect moral fable'..." »
"Best-Seller Lawrence Block Tells How He Dunnit"
June 12, 2007
"As part of the Kingsborough Community College Best-Selling Author Series, the award-winning crime writer..." »
"Gay Talese: Father of the New Journalism"
June 5, 2007
"Talese explains the importance of in-person interviews and why his researching style-eschewing the use of phones..." »
"Out of Iran: A New Feminist Genre"
May 25, 2007
"In her new anthology of poetry and stories, “Let Me Tell You Where I’ve Been: New Writing By Women Of The Iranian Diaspora,” Professor Persis Karim is a fresh voice for Iranian women..." »
"An Evening with Frank McCourt"
May 18, 2007
"In a delightful conversation with WNYC radio host Leonard Lopate, as part of the ongoing, “Brooklyn on My Mind” series at Brooklyn College, the ever-entertaining author talks about life before the phenomenal success of his Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir 'Angela’s Ashes.'..." »
"Life After Portnoy"
March 15, 2007
"No one would argue that Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Roth is a hard act to follow. Radio host Leonard Lopate leads a panel discussion entitled “Jewish Writing after Roth” with fiction writers Alice Mattison and Nathan Englander at Brooklyn College." »
"A Polish Poet Through Irish Eyes"
February 22, 2007
"Bestselling Irish writer Colum McCann, professor of creative writing in the MFA program at Hunter College, reads from his most recent work “Zoli,” which tells the tale of a Polish gypsy poet." »
