Calliope Author Readings, with the Co-Founders of the Audiobook Project

With Harry Schwartz, a practitioner, teacher and advocate in urban planning and Lynne Sharon Schwartz, a distinguished novelist, essayist and translator.

This lecture with audio clips features original recordings of major American authors reading from their works. The authors and books include James Baldwin, Another Country; William Styron, Lie Down in Darkness; James Jones, From Here to Eternity; John Updike, “Lifeguard,” from Pigeon Feathers;  Bernard Malamud, “The Mourners,” from The Magic Barrel; Nelson Algren, The Man With the Golden Arm; and Philip Roth, Letting Go. Three to four minute excerpts from readings by the seven authors, each preceded by a brief introduction about the author and the book, are highlighted.











When: Tue., Dec. 1, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)
212-340-0863
Price: Free
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With Harry Schwartz, a practitioner, teacher and advocate in urban planning and Lynne Sharon Schwartz, a distinguished novelist, essayist and translator.

This lecture with audio clips features original recordings of major American authors reading from their works. The authors and books include James Baldwin, Another Country; William Styron, Lie Down in Darkness; James Jones, From Here to Eternity; John Updike, “Lifeguard,” from Pigeon Feathers;  Bernard Malamud, “The Mourners,” from The Magic Barrel; Nelson Algren, The Man With the Golden Arm; and Philip Roth, Letting Go. Three to four minute excerpts from readings by the seven authors, each preceded by a brief introduction about the author and the book, are highlighted.

Buy tickets/get more info now