Literature Picks
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May 24
Colum McCann
When his writing wasn’t going anywhere, Dublin-born New York transplant Colum McCann biked across the United States in search of stories. That was many years ago, but his search for material has never ended, eventually leading to his 9/11 novel, Let the Great World Spin, which won the National Book Award in 2009. More recently, he wrote a beautiful reflection on the opening day of major league baseball for the New York Times.
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June 11
Christopher Buckley
Son of late National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr., friend of the late Christopher Hitchens and supporter of the current president, Christopher Buckley is one of the more compelling and complex characters to emerge from our political culture. For his latest novel, They Eat Puppies, Don’t They?, the satirist returns to the cudgel that he used to take on Washington D.C. in his most well-known work, Thank You for Not Smoking: lobbyists. In this case, the lobbying is on behalf of a weapons manufacturer, not big tobacco, and the stakes are higher.
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June 13
Joseph Stiglitz
What does the world do now? That's the question that no one can seem to answer, the same question Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz will entertain in this conversation about economic models, fiscal policy and financial regulation. Pulling from his contribution to In the Wake of the Crisis, Stiglitz will unleash his deep understanding of financial regulation, monetary policy and economic models, and at the end of the night, a smarter you will walk out into the same old dumb world.
