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Book of the Week for April 07, 2017

In The Unlikely Event by Judy Blume

A succession of three 1952 airplane crashes devastates a New Jersey community.

Book of the Week for April 03, 2017

The Man In The Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson

The martini-soaked Tom Rath is a disappointed corporate striver until he finds gratitude.

Jewish Literature Live! Presents Geraldine Brooks

George Washington University’s Department of English and Jewish Literature Live proudly present a reading by Geraldine Brooks on Thursday, April 13,...

Book of the Week for March 27, 2017

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

The actress’s life in London, before and after Harrison Ford and Star Wars.

Book of the Week for March 20, 2017

Fear Of Dying by Erica Jong

Forty years after Fear of Flying, Isadora Wing and her alter-egos stare down aging and mortality.

American History And Literary Luminaries Of Massachusetts

This is a guide through the houses/museums of some of the Literary Luminaries of Massachusetts. Consider: The Norman Rockwell Museum;...

Live Storytelling: The Original Virtual Reality By Jon Spelman

Smithsonian Libraries Art of the Book Lecture Series, Part II Live Storytelling: The Original Virtual Reality by Jon Spelman, performer...

Jewish Literature Live! Presents Sam Lipsyte

George Washington University’s Department of English and Jewish Literature Live proudly present a reading by Sam Lipsyte on Thursday, March 30,...

Book of the Week for March 12, 2017

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

A foster teenager and a well-off elderly widow discover poignant similarities in their pasts.

Book of the Week for March 03, 2017

Stoner by John Williams

A lonely World War I era farm boy defies his parents, and becomes a professor with dreams that never happen.

Jewish Literature Live! Presents Etgar Keret

George Washington University’s Department of English and Jewish Literature Live proudly present a reading by Etgar Keret on Thursday, March 9,...

Acta’s Higher Ed Now Podcast Featuring David Bruce Smith & Michael Poliakoff

David Bruce Smith, founder and president of The Grateful American™ Foundation, rejoins Higher Ed Now with ACTA President Michael Poliakoff...