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- Thursday, May 29, 2025
Author Talks
We welcome novelists, scientists, and leading writers across disciplines to discuss new books shaping the cultural conversation at large.
Upcoming
Past
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- Tuesday, Feb 11, 2025
Father & Son: Ariana Reines and Eileen Myles in Conversation
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- Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024
On Mysticism: A Conversation with Simon Critchley and Cornel West
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- Thursday, Sep 19, 2024
The Elegant Universe: 25th Anniversary Edition
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- Saturday, Apr 6, 2024
Who’s Afraid of Gender?
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- Thursday, Jun 29, 2023
Hilton Als: My Pinup
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- Tuesday, May 30, 2023
3 Women, On Women: Merve Emre, Sigrid Nunez, and Doreen St. Félix on Susan Sontag Now
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- Thursday, May 11, 2023
Different: Primatologist Frans de Waal in Conversation with Isabella Rossellini
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- Thursday, Mar 23, 2023
Spirituality in the Age of Science: A Conversation With Alan Lightman
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- Thursday, Oct 6, 2022
Author Talks: Elif Batuman on Either/Or
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- Wednesday, Sep 28, 2022
Stay True: A Book Launch and Conversation with Hua Hsu and Lucy Sante
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- Monday, Feb 24, 2020
Until the End of Time: Brian Greene in Conversation with Janna Levin
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- Tuesday, Nov 5, 2019
Book Launch: Gloria Steinem and Ronan Farrow
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- Thursday, Oct 24, 2019
The First Cell: Azra Raza in conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee
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- Saturday, Oct 12, 2019
Outgrowing God: Richard Dawkins
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- Saturday, Nov 3, 2018
Sy Montgomery on How to Be a Good Creature
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- Tuesday, Jun 19, 2018
Jaron Lanier: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
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- Saturday, Apr 28, 2018
The Universe in Verse: A Celebration of Nature Through Poetry
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- Friday, Mar 23, 2018
Leland Melvin: Chasing Space
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- Monday, Apr 24, 2017
The Universe in Verse: A Celebration of Science through Poetry
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- Wednesday, Apr 19, 2017
Book Launch and Reading by Marcus Du Sautoy of THE GREAT UNKNOWN: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science
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- Thursday, Jan 19, 2017
The Glass Universe: Dava Sobel in Conversation with Lia Halloran, Hosted by Janna Levin
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- Thursday, Dec 1, 2016