Poetry (Audio)

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]

Author Philip Yancey explores the influence of faith and spirit on his writing in this interview with Dean Nelson of Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13985]

Born in Mexico City, Monica de la Torre came to the United States in 1993 on a Fulbright scholarship to study at Columbia University. Her poetry explores with great depth both the boundaries and the permeability of imposed identity, combining a playful use of form and dry humor with a hint of hopefulness. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13562]

Michael B. Oren, Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jeruslam, specializes in the diplomatic and military history of the Middle East. He has written extensively for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic, of which he is a contributing editor. Oren discusses his book - Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 14181]

Anchee Min, author of the best-selling memoir “Red Azalea,” rivets her audience with stories of her desperate life in a Chinese labor camp, her perilous journey to American citizenship and her determination to speak truth to the world in this interview with journalist and professor Dean Nelson. Min’s talk is part of the 13th annual Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13982]

Author, doctor and business strategist John Kao outlines the extraordinary economic challenges facing the U.S.and offers potential solutions as he highlights his new book, “Innovation Nation: How America is Losing its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and How We Can Get It Back.” Series: "Revelle Forum" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 14083]

Former White House Counsel John Dean, the man who served and then testified against President Nixon during the Watergate hearings, speaks on his new book - Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches. This event was sponsored by the Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning at UC San Diego. Series: "Osher UCSD Distinguished Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 13162]

“A German Childhood -- An American Life” is the topic of this talk by the wife of former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley. Ernestine Bradley recounts her years in Nazi Germany and reads from her memoir, The Way Home, and takes audience questions in this event sponsored by the Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning at UC San Diego. Series: "Osher UCSD Distinguished Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 13070]

Best-selling author and UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan examines the food chains that sustain us -- industrial food, organic food, alternative food, and food that we forage ourselves -- from the original source to the final meal and in the process, develops a definitive account of the American way of eating. Series: "Revelle Forum" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 12993]

Bob Beyster, the founder of Science Applications International Corporation, recalls the early days of this Fortune 300 company and recounts highlights from his new book, “The SAIC Solution.” Beyster is joined by Gene Ray, a one-time SAIC employee who went on to start the rival Titan Corporation in this event presented by the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego. [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 12603]