In His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life, journalist, documentarian, and historian Jonathan Alter examines an enigmatic man of faith and his improbable journey from barefoot boy to United States president to global icon. He’s speaking with fellow author and political scribe Neal Gabler, whose latest, Catching the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Liberal Hour, 1932-1975, is an […]
Simon Han’s Nights When Nothing Happened tells the story of the Chengs, a Chinese family living in Texas, and the challenges and costs of pursuing the American Dream. A gripping tale immersed in the crosscurrents that have reshaped our landscape, Han’s debut – called an exploration of “childhood trauma and the impact words and silence can have on […]
David Nasaw's The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War tells the until now largely hidden postwar story of the more than one million displaced persons left behind in Germany, who refused to go home or had no homes to return to. Called “insightful and eye-opening” by NPR’s Jim Zarroli and “absorbing and […]
In American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise, veteran New York Times economic reporter Eduardo Porter argues that racism is the reason why the United States is losing ground across nearly every indicator of social health. Leading us through history and across the country – from FDR's New Deal through Bill Clinton's welfare reform […]
Grades 9 – 12 Claire Legrand on Lightbringer the Empirium Trilogy Two queens, separated by a thousand years must face their ultimate destinies. Queen Rielle, pushed away from everything she loves, turns to Corien and his promises of glory. Meanwhile, whispers from the empirium slowly drive her mad, urging her to open the Gate. Separated from […]
In Trade Is Not a Four-Letter Word: How Six Everyday Products Make the Case for Trade, Fred P. Hochberg, who served as the chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States under President Barack Obama, argues that trade is easier to understand than we commonly think. To start, consider the banana. Speaking […]
In Victory for the Vote: The Fight for Women's Suffrage and the Century That Followed, women's history expert Doris Weatherford offers an engaging and detailed narrative history of women's decadeslong fight for the vote, and the continuing current-day struggle for human rights and equality. Joining Weatherford is Marlene Wagman-Geller, author of Fabulous Female Firsts: Because of Them […]
Jacqueline Winspear’s This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing reveals the hardships and joys of her family history. At once shockingly frank and deftly restrained, her story tackles the difficult, poignant, and fascinating family accounts of three generations – her grandparents, her parents, and she and her brother. She’s sharing even more as she speaks […]
Presented in English and Haitian Creole. Transcription available in English and Creole The wheels on Taptap KRIK? KRAK! go round and round. Colorful and packed with stories, this bus is stopping at your house! Enjoy Haitian and Caribbean stories, music, dance, and many other surprises. Special guests include chef Nadège Fleurimond, storyteller Katia D. Ulysse, […]
Moderated by Jean-Jacques Garnier from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States. Presented in French with English subtitles. English transcription available to non-French speakers. This panel discusses the recent developments in French Caribbean poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, showing how literature continues to intersect with other political and artistic movements within the […]
Moderated by Leonie Hermantin, member of the Center for Haitian Studies’ Board of Directors. Presented in Haitian Creole with English subtitles. English transcription available for non-Creole speakers During the colonial era, Haiti’s Black Code governed the slavery system. Later, the Civil Code was added to the Black Code with the aim of softening the slavery […]
Moderated by Marleine Bastien, executive director of FANM, and MJ Fievre, author of Badass Black Girl. Presented in Haitian Creole with English subtitles. English transcription available for non-Creole speakers The history of Haiti includes many notable queens and empresses, such as Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, the wife of Haitian general Jean Jacques Dessalines; Marie […]