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Recent Episodes

  • Lawrence Wright | The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State

    • Recorded Jul 27, 2017

    In conversation with Dick Polman, "Writer in Residence" at the University of Pennsylvania, and national political columnist at WHYY's Newsworks.org A longtime staff writer for The New Yorker , Lawrence Wright won the Pulitzer Prize for The… more

    Author Events  Literature  Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals  General Research  History 

  • Kevin Hearne | Besieged with Chuck Wendig | Star Wars: The Aftermath Trilogy and Fran Wilde | Updraft

    • Recorded Jul 14, 2017

    In conversation with Dena Heilik, Department Head of Philbrick Hall, the fiction department of the Central Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia.  Kevin Hearne is the author of the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles, the… more

    Author Events  Fiction  Literature  Movies & Television  Science 

  • Zinzi Clemmons | What We Lose

    • Recorded Jul 13, 2017

    A cofounder and former publisher of Apogee Journal and a contributing editor for Literary Hub , Zinzi Clemmons has had work published in a variety of literary magazines, including Zoetrope: All Story, The Paris Review Daily , and Transition .… more

    African American  Author Events  Fiction  Literature  Philadelphia 

  • Mark Bowden | Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

    • Recorded Jul 11, 2017

    In conversation with Bill Marimow, editor at large, The Philadelphia Inquirer “One of the most intense, visceral” ( Philadelphia Inquirer ) writers of our time, Mark Bowden is a national correspondent for  The Atlantic and Vanity Fair and is the… more

    Author Events  General Research  History 

  • Harvey Sachs | Toscanini: Musician of Conscience

    • Recorded Jun 27, 2017

    Music historian Harvey Sachs’s many books include The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 , a biography of Arthur Rubenstein, and two collections of essays on musical subjects. He has written for dozens of newspapers, magazines, and literary… more

    Author Events  Biography & Autobiography   Movies & Television  Music 

  • Douglas Brunt | Trophy Son in conversation with Megyn Kelly

    • Recorded Jun 26, 2017

    In conversation with Megyn Kelly, host of Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly Ghosts of Manhattan , Douglas Brunt’s New York Times bestselling debut novel about a flawed but highflying Bear Stearns bond trader, took “a smart shot at the absurdity of… more

    Author Events  Children  Family  Fiction  Literature  Sports & Recreation 

  • Richard Russo | Everybody’s Fool and Trajectory

    • Recorded Jun 20, 2017

    Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Empire Falls , Richard Russo is acclaimed for capturing the “foolishness of this lonely world, but also the humor, friendship and love that abide” ( San Francisco Chronicle ). His many other novels… more

    Author Events  Fiction  Literature 

  • David Baron | American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World

    • Recorded Jun 15, 2017

    As NPR’s science correspondent, David Baron received awards from the National Academy of Sciences, the American Medical Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, among many other organizations. He is the author of… more

    Author Events  Science  Technology  History 

  • Patricia Lockwood | Priestdaddy: A Memoir

    • Recorded Jun 13, 2017

    Patricia Lockwood, “The Poet Laureate of Twitter” (unofficial), is the author of 2014’s groundbreaking Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals , a book of obscene, angry, funny verse that “is unforgettable, literally: once read, it cannot be… more

    Author Events  Biography & Autobiography   Family  Literature 

  • Yaa Gyasi | Homegoing with Kei Miller | Augustown

    • Recorded Jun 8, 2017

    Yaa Gyasi’s breakout debut novel Homegoing , a multigenerational tale that “brims with compassion” ( NPR Books ), follows two half-sisters on opposite sides of the 18th-century Ghanaian slave trade and their descendants. It was a New York Times… more

    African American  Author Events  Fiction  Literature  Poetry 

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20th & Vine - Backstage with Lawrence Wright

This month we're featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright, who speaks with Laura Kovacs backstage at the Free Library of Philadelphia about relgious and spirital beliefs. His latest book, The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islamic State, charts the course of Middle East terrorism since the 1990s. 20th & Vine is behind-the-scenes conversations from the Free Library of Philadelphia's award-winning Author Events series. Subscribe now for more videos with your favorite authors.

Top 10 Podcast Episodes July 2017

  1. Paula PoundstonePaula Poundstone
  2. Kevin Hearne with Chuck Wendig and Fran WildeKevin Hearne with Chuck Wendig and Fran Wilde
  3. Edna O'BrienEdna O'Brien
  4. Mark BowdenMark Bowden
  5. Jane AlexanderJane Alexander
  6. Javier MariasJavier Marías
  7. Zinzi ClemmonsZinzi Clemmons
  8. Lawrence WrightLawrence Wright
  9. Harvey SachsHarvey Sachs
  10. Joshua Ferris with Jim ShepardJoshua Ferris with Jim Shepard

Top 10 Livestream Videos July 2017

  1. Mark Bowden
  2. Douglas Brunt with Megyn Kelly
  3. Harvey Sachs
  4. Kevin Hearne
  5. Camille Paglia
  6. Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby
  7. David Baron
  8. Ta-Nehisi Coates
  9. Zinzi Clemmons
  10. Roxane Gay

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