Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life

A conversation with Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and the acclaimed Everything is Illuminated, which was adapted into a feature film directed by Liev Schreiber.

Moderated by Jenny Davidson, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

Copies of his book will be on sale courtesy of Book Culture.

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A conversation with David Ignatius, columnist for The Washington Post and author of Body of Lies, which was recently adapted into a feature film. Moderated by Nicholas Lemann, Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor of the Graduate School of Journalism.

Co-sponsored with Columbia Journalism School.

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A conversation with DALIA SOFER, author of the novel The Septembers of Shiraz based on her family’s flight from post-revolutionary Iran. It was named one of the New York Times Notable Books of 2008. Moderated by Dohra Ahmad, Assistant Professor of English at St. John’s University.

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A conversation with Uzodinma Iweala, author of Beasts of No Nation and named one of Granta‘s Best Young American Novelists. Moderated by Mamadou Diouf, the Leitner Family Professor of African Studies and Director of Institute for African Studies.
 

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Richard Locke, Professor of Writing at Columbia’s School of the Arts, in conversation with Philip Gourevitch, writer and editor of The Paris Review, on his most recent book Standard Operating Procedure, which he co-authored with filmmaker Errol Morris. The book and Morris’ film explore Abu Ghraib.

Copies of his books will be on sale courtesy of Book Culture.
 

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A conversation with PAUL AUSTER, acclaimed novelist, essayist and translator. His many works include The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, The Brooklyn Follies and, most recently, Man in the Dark. Moderated by Mark C. Taylor, Chair of the Department of Religion and Co-Director of the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life.

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