Gina Nahai
Like many Iranian Jews, Gina Nahai left her homeland for good in the wake of the 1979 revolution. It is a world she often returns to in her fiction. The characters in
Cry of the Peacock and
Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith are drawn from Nahai's sprawling multi-cultural family. Steeped in history and folklore, her novels are a window onto one of the oldest communities in the Diaspora. Nahai, a gifted storyteller, shares several generations of family lore.
March 17, 2004: Harold Washington Library Center Chicago LISTEN
Tony Kushner
One of the most celebrated playwrights of the last 20 years, Tony tackles AIDS in
Angels in America; Afghanistan in
Homebody/Kabul; and race and social revolution in the musical
Caroline, or Change. Kushner is also the author of
Brundibar, a children's book based on the 1938 opera, and co-editor of
Wrestling with Zion. He has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and two Tony awards.
April 13, 2005: Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall Seattle LISTEN
COMPLETE AUDIO ARCHIVE
Adam Gopnik
October 16, 2007 : The Newberry Library, Chicago LISTEN
Ruth Wisse
October 08, 2007 : Women's Club of Evanston, Chicago LISTEN
Isabel Vincent
January 24, 2007 : Woman’s Club of Evanston, Chicago LISTEN
Claudia Roden
November 15, 2006 : The Newberry Library, Chicago LISTEN
David Mamet in conversation with David L. Ulin
November 08, 2006 : Harold Washington Library, Chicago LISTEN
E.L. Doctorow
October 19, 2006 : Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago LISTEN
Ariel Dorfman: Why For Years I Did Not Seem To Care If I Was A Jew And Whether I Was Wrong
June 06, 2006 : Washington DCJCC, DC LISTEN
An Evening with Cynthia Ozick
May 23, 2006 : Harold Washington Library Center , NYC Festival 2008 LISTEN
Charming Hostess: Benjamin in Love: A Song Cycle
March 09, 2006 : Tractor Tavern, Seattle LISTEN
Douglas Century with David Shields: Barney Ross: Not Without A Fight
February 16, 2006 : Henry Art Gallery, Seattle LISTEN
Jonathan Ames, Lynn Harris & Neal Pollack
Hot & Bothered: An Evening in Bed
February 09, 2006 : Tractor Tavern, Seattle LISTEN
Sander Gilman: Extreme Makeover: Jews and the Invention Of Cosmetic Surgery
February 01, 2006 : Woman’s Club of Evanston, Chicago LISTEN
Sherwin Nuland with Leon Wieseltier: Maimonides: A Guide for the Perplexed
November 08, 2005 : Washington DCJCC, DC LISTEN
Robert Pinsky: The Life of David
September 29, 2005 : Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall At Benaroya Hall, Seattle LISTEN
David Rakoff
May 19, 2005 : The Big Picture, Seattle LISTEN
May 18, 2005 : The Abbey Pub, Chicago LISTEN
Esther Freud
April 19, 2005 : Washington DCJCC, DC LISTEN
Tony Kushner
April 13, 2005 : Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle LISTEN
Jacqueline Osherow: Yiddish Poems in America
April 07, 2005 : Washington DCJCC, DC LISTEN
Thane Rosenbaum: Ripped from the Torah
April 07, 2005 : Henry Art Gallery, Seattle LISTEN
Franklin Foer: Away Game: Soccer and the Jews
March 17, 2005 : Northern Virginia JCC, DC LISTEN
Savyon Liebrecht
March 09, 2005 : Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall At Benaroya Hall, Seattle LISTEN
March 07, 2005 : Washington DCJCC, DC LISTEN
Dara Horn: Sibling Revivalry: The Singers of Warsaw
February 17, 2005 : Henry Art Gallery, Seattle LISTEN
Gary Shteyngart
January 11, 2005 : Washington DCJCC, DC LISTEN
Amos Oz
December 06, 2004 : Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle LISTEN
Allegra Goodman
October 12, 2004 : Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago LISTEN
Reneé Brachfeld: Stories and Songs from the Jewish Tradition
July 07, 2004 : Centreville Regional Library, LISTEN
Grace Paley
March 23, 2004 : Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater, Washington DCJCC , DC LISTEN
Gina Nahai
March 17, 2004 : Harold Washington Library Center , Chicago LISTEN
Dictionary on Wheels
Raising the Dead
A Gathering of Diasporas
What May Be Highly Relevant
Two Long Years