Pop Life: Literature and Culture
The Prize for American Fiction spring event features longtime friends Colson Whitehead and Kevin Young, a poet and the new director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, in a lively conversation on how pop culture influences art. Moderated by best-selling author and pop culture expert Isaac Fitzgerald.
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
Date:2021
Film, Video
Climate Change, Nature & the Writer's Eye: A Tribute to Annie Proulx
Science writer Peter Brannen and internationally acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh will join 2018 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction winner Annie Proulx to discuss pressing issues of environmental change and a writer's responsibilities to them.
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
Date:2019
Film, Video
Stories From a Fallen World: A Tribute to Denis Johnson
Authors Jonathan Franzen, Elliot Ackerman, Sam Quinones, and writer/producer Elizabeth Cuthrell join Marie Arana to discuss intersections of war, addiction and discontent in the work of Denis Johnson, winner of the 2017 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
Film, VideoPop Life: Literature and Culture The Prize for American Fiction spring event features longtime friends Colson Whitehead and Kevin Young, a poet and the new director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, in a lively conversation on how pop culture influences art. Moderated by best-selling author and pop culture expert Isaac Fitzgerald.
Film, VideoClimate Change, Nature & the Writer's Eye: A Tribute to Annie Proulx Science writer Peter Brannen and internationally acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh will join 2018 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction winner Annie Proulx to discuss pressing issues of environmental change and a writer's responsibilities to them.
Film, VideoStories From a Fallen World: A Tribute to Denis Johnson Authors Jonathan Franzen, Elliot Ackerman, Sam Quinones, and writer/producer Elizabeth Cuthrell join Marie Arana to discuss intersections of war, addiction and discontent in the work of Denis Johnson, winner of the 2017 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.