At the Library

Presented by Kentucky Humanities as part of their 50th Anniversary celebration, this event features Linkin' Bridge, the popular Louisville quintet who found fame on the 11th season of NBC's Americas' Got Talent, in conversation with speaker, scholar, and storyteller, Animata Cairo

The Craig Buthod Author Series presents bestseller Angeline Boulley.

Angeline Boulley is a storyteller and proud Chippewa author who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Her debut Young Adult novel Firekeeper’s Daughter was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller and was named one of the top 100 YA novels of all time by TIME Magazine.

#youngadultfiction #ojibwe #angelineboulley

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Recorded 07-29-2022

LFPL welcomes back Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery novel series, which is the basis for the hit Netflix original drama Longmire. Johnson comes to Louisville from his home in Ucross, Wyoming, population 26.

The Longmire Defense, the 19th title in the series, finds Walt Longmire struggling with his family history in Bighorn Mountains when he uncovers a cold case that hits very close to home and forces him to put his life on the line.

#longmire #craigjohnson

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Recorded 5-16-2024

Experience a rare and insightful dialogue between two literary giants—James Rebanks, New York Times bestselling author of The Shepherd's Life, and legendary poet and environmentalist Wendell Berry. Listen as they discuss their shared passion for rural life, community, and the timeless art of shepherding. This intimate conversation, recorded live, brings together the voices of England’s Lake District and Kentucky’s rolling hills in a celebration of land, tradition, and storytelling. Don’t miss this captivating exchange!

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Recorded 11-09-2016

Will Cockrell has spent more than twenty years as a senior editor, writer, and consultant for national magazines including Men’s Journal, Outside, Men’s Fitness, and GQ. A former outdoor guide, Cockrell has covered Everest throughout his career.

His debut book, Everest, Inc., is a vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicling one of the least likely industries on Earth.

Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers, Everest, Inc. tells the story of the entrepreneurs who paired raw courage and naked ambition with a new style of expedition planning. Many of them are still living and climbing today, and ninety percent of the people now on Everest are clients or employees of guided expeditions.

Cockrell will be in conversation with adventurer, author, educator and Louisville legend Dr. Tori Murden McClure.

Recorded 4-23-2024

Professor M.G. Lord’s book Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll, uncovers the surprising story behind Barbie's smash success. In telling Barbie’s fascinating story, cultural critic and investigative journalist M.G. Lord—herself a first-generation Barbie owner—has written a provocative, zany, occasionally shocking book that will change how you look at the doll and the world.

Lord is a professor at the University of Southern California and co-host of the podcast L.A. Made: The Barbie Tapes. She is also author of the family memoir Astro Turf, a cultural history of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the basis for L.A. Made: Blood, Sweat and Rockets, her 12-part podcast.

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Recorded 4-12-2024

In The Power of Giving Away Power: How the Best Leaders Learn to Let Go, businessman and former U.S. Ambassador Matthew Barzun layers lessons from American history and business with insights from his career in tech, politics, and diplomacy to show how we can lead meaningful change in our companies, communities, and even our nation.

Barzun served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom during the Obama administration and is the current owner/publisher of Louisville Magazine.

Recorded: 12-8-2022

Louisville native Anne McCarty Braden turned her back on a promising career as a newspaperwoman to dedicate herself to fierce advocacy for racial and social justice for almost half a century.

Charged twice with sedition and arrested multiple times, Braden remained an outspoken writer and organizer locally until her death in 2006.

Dr. Catherine Fosl, professor emerita at UofL and co-founder of the UofL Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, will examine how Braden’s message has helped to shape our community, and why it still resonates today.

Recorded: 3-26-2024

Aging is a subject of concern to many that is often misunderstood. However, it presents a wonderful opportunity to make informed choices and live to our potential. Dr. Robert Friedland will help you learn the

The Craig Buthod Author Series presents NPR correspondent Stacey Vanek Smith

With charm and wit, Smith uses Machiavelli’s book The Prince as a guide to demonstrate how women can unapologetically take and maintain power in careers where they have long been cast as

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