Numerous Writers Institute visitors are featured in this year's edition of the New York Times 100 Notable Books.
Recent visitors (who have discussed the new books featured on the list) include Lauren Groff (Arcadia), Shalom Auslander (Hope: A Tragedy), Junot Diaz (This is How You Lose Her), David Quammen (Spillover), and Robert Caro (Passage of Power).
Other past visitors with new books on the list include Colm Toibin, Nathan Englander, Sherman Alexie, Steve Stern, Richard Ford, Barbara Kingsolver, Dave Eggers, Toni Morrison, John Irving, Louise Erdrich, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Kevin Young and David Nasaw.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
New York Times 100 Notable Books
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Shalom Auslander: Hating Houseplants
"I’ve never liked houseplants, I don’t know why. They make me angry. I am, however, a man of much irrational hatred, and only realized why houseplants infuriate me so much this past weekend."
Humorist Shalom Auslander, whose events have been rescheduled for this coming Tuesday, April 24th, talks about his complicated relationship with houseplants in the New York Observer.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Shalom Auslander Rescheduled!
The Auslander events have been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 24.
4:15PM Seminar in the Assembly Hall, Campus Center, Uptown Campus
8PM Reading in the Assembly Hall, Campus Center, Uptown Campus
For a not yet updated page on Auslander, click here.
Auslander's events on 3/1 were cancelled because of snow.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Shalom Auslander Events Cancelled Today 3/1
Due to weather, our events with Shalom Auslander have been cancelled (Thursday 3/1).
The events are likely to be postponed to a date in late April.
Our silent film, Electric Edwardians, will be shown at Page Hall, Friday 3/2, 7:30PM, as scheduled.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
John Hodgman: I Don't Really Have an Attic
Shalom Auslander, who visits Thursday, March 1st, asks fellow humorist John Hodgman to hide him in the event of a second Holocaust in a book trailer for his new novel, Hope: A Tragedy.
Hodgman explains that he doesn't have an attic in his New York City apartment but that he does have three small storage units. Regarding the logistics, he wonders whether Auslander is fond of both his children. See the YouTube video.
Hodgman, who played the uncool PC in Apple's long-running "Get a Mac" advertising campaign, visited the Institute in 2005.
Picture: Hodgman and Justin Long in a "Get a Mac" ad.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Will You Hide Me?
Anticipating a second Holocaust, Shalom Auslander, who visits on March 1st, asks fellow humorist Sarah Vowell whether she will shelter him and his family in her New York City apartment.
The video is part of a series of book trailers for Auslander's novel, Hope: A Tragedy (2012). The trailers feature a number of Auslander's co-contributors to NPR's This American Life.
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