Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast

One of our nation's leading journalists, Michael Kinsley has been editor of The New Republic, an editor at Harper's and the Economist. He founded Slate and now writes a column for Time. PLEASE DON'T REMAIN CALM is a collection of his editorial writing since 1995, covering the end of the Clinton era through the two terms of George W. Bush. In addition to political essays, Kinsley also writes about the future of newspapers, the existence of God, and why powerful women love Law and Order.

Recorded On: Thursday, April 24, 2008

In this fiction debut from the author of the bestselling memoir, Makes Me Wanna Holler, Nathan McCall tells the story of a poor, traditionally black neighborhood in Atlanta as it confronts gentrification and the explosive interplay of class, race, and economics.

Nathan McCall is a profesor of African American Studies at Emory University. Them was named one of the best books of 2007 by Publishers Weekly.

Recorded On: Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Film and music critic Hardy has been a juror at Sundance and other film festivals around the country.

Ernest Hardy writes about film and music from his home base of Los Angeles. His criticism has appeared in numerous national publications and in reference books. 

He is the winner of the 2006 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for excellence and the 2007 "Beyond Margins" award from the PEN American Center. A Sundance Fellow and a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, he has sat as a juror for the Sundance Film Festival and other film festivals around the country.

His critically acclaimed book Blood Beats, Vol. I was published by RedBone Press in 2006; Blood Beats: Vol II is due out later this year.

Recorded On: Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Former Maryland Poet Laureate reads his own poems and those of his favorite poets.

Michael Collier is professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, and director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. He is the author of five books of poetry, including The Ledge (2000), nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His most recent collection is Dark Wild Realm.

He is also the editor of three anthologies. Collier is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Recorded On: Thursday, April 3, 2008

Are fresh vegetables more nutritious that frozen vegetables?

Does margarine have fewer calories than butter?

There are many common questions surrounding dieting and other nutrition matters.

Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robin Spence from Union Memorial Hospital and asked her some of these questions.

Recorded On: Thursday, February 21, 2008

If my cholesterol is high, should I avoid eggs?

Is oatmeal or oat bran my ticket to cholesterol management?

There are many common questions surrounding dieting and other nutrition matters.

Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robin Spence from Union Memorial Hospital and asked her some of these questions.

Recorded On: Thursday, February 21, 2008

Does eating at night make you more likely to gain weight?

There are many common questions surrounding dieting and other nutrition matters.

Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robin Spence from Union Memorial Hospital and asked her some of these questions.

Recorded On: Thursday, February 21, 2008

There are many common questions surrounding dieting and other nutrition matters.

Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robin Spence from Union Memorial Hospital and asked her some of these questions.

Recorded On: Thursday, February 21, 2008

There are many common questions surrounding dieting and other nutrition matters.

Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robin Spence from Union Memorial Hospital and asked her some of these questions.

Recorded On: Thursday, February 21, 2008

The author talks about her book, We Gotta Have It: Twenty Years of Seeing Black at the Movies, 1986-2006

The year 2006 marked the 20th anniversary of the "New Wave" in black film, that upstart artistic movement beginning with Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It, which transformed black images on the big and small screen. In the more than 400 film reviews in We Gotta Have It, film and cultural critic Esther Iverem explores how the original new wave pioneers have morphed and branched into all manner and quality of films through the past 20 years.

Esther Iverem is a former staff writer for the Washington Post and Newsday. She is founder and editor of SeeingBlack.com.

Recorded On: Wednesday, February 20, 2008