Poetry (Audio)

UC Berkeley Professor of Public Policy Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, is the author of 11 books including "Locked in the Cabinet" and "Supercapitalism.” Professor Reich reads from his works and is interviewed about his writing process. Series: "Writers" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 15514]

Pete Hamill, the writer and veteran newspaperman who has edited both The Daily News and The New York Post, presents a talk on Lower Manhattan, a one time immigrant neighborhood, and the origins of New York. Hamill has written extensively on news, art, jazz, immigration and politics for numerous publications and authored 20 books. Series: "Voices" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13702]

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes former New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse. They discuss Roe v.Wade, the Guantanamo decisions, and her biography of Justice Harry Blackmun. Reflecting on her thirty year career covering the Supreme Court for the New York Times, she analyzes the internal dynamics of the Court and reflects on the Supreme Court's relations with other branches of government. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 15394]

Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman speaks on his new book, “Angler,” the definitive account of Vice President Dick Cheney’s role in the Bush White House. Series: "Revelle Forum" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 15134]

Poet, editor, and scholar Juliana Spahr discusses her writing and research. Series: "The Center for Cultural Studies at UC Santa Cruz presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15001]

Financial journalist and author Roger Lowenstein predicts the cause of the next widespread economic crunch as he excerpts his new book, “While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial Crisis.” Series: "Revelle Forum" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 14382]

Jessica Fisher’s Frail-Craft was the winner of the prestigious 2006 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. She is a doctoral candidate in English at U.C. Berkeley and is coeditor, with Robert Hass, of The Addison Street Anthology, which chronicles Berkeley’s rich poetic history. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13565]

"Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These words to live by from the award-winning author Michael Pollan resonate at the heart of his newest work, “In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.” He considers what science does and does not know about diet and health, proposing a new way of thinking about food that is informed by ecology and tradition. Pollan is Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. Series: "Voices" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 14209]

World-renowned poet Diane di Prima, one of the preeminent writers to emerge from the Beat generation, wrote in Manhattan for many years before relocating to San Francisco, where she has been for nearly four decades. Her 43 books of poetry and prose have been translated into over twenty languages. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13564]

Arthur Sze is an internationally known writer and celebrated translator. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Sze teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and is the first poet laureate of Santa Fe, where he resides. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13563]