Poetry (Audio)

Author Donald Miller joins host and journalist Dean Nelson of Point Loma Nazarene University for a conversation on the art and humor of writing in Part Two of the 2006 Writer's Symposium by the Sea. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 11448]

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes historian and novelist Michael Oren for a discussion of the search for truth in his historical studies and in his novels. He reflects on the skills and temperament required to do history and fiction focusing on his study of the six day war in the Middle East and his novel Reunion. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 11353]

Award-winning journalist and author Richard Reeves brings The Gipper back to life in "President Reagan: A Triumph of Imagination," his new book describing the 40th president as "an accomplished politician, a bold, even reckless leader, a gambler, and a man who imagined an American past and future -- and made them real."

Series: "City Club Presents" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 11447]

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Pulitzer Prize journalist Haynes Johnson for a discussion of McCarthyism and its lessons for contemporary politics. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 11308]

Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the author of several award winning. Join Marlene Racine-Toussaint, he founder of the Multicultural Women's Press, as they discuss Dandicat’s early years in Haiti and the major influences on her writing. Series: "Voices" [Humanities] [Show ID: 11044]

Jim Wallis, author of the best-selling "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It.," and his wife Joy Carroll Wallis join Dean Nelson for a spirited talk on religion, writing and politics in this program from the 2005 Writer's Symposium by the Sea sponsored by Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 9276]

Bruce Feiler, best-selling author of six books including Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land through the Five Books of Moses, delivers a lecture based on his latest book, Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths. Feiler talks about the meaning of Abraham in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths and his personal quest to better understand this historical figure. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8727]

Author and political scientist Peter Irons marks the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education case with "Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision," a riveting talk detailing how efforts to desegregate schools have failed. Sponsored by Thurgood Marshall College at UCSD. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8388]

In reading from her new book "The Opposite of Fate," best-selling author Amy Tan describes how she draws from the "thanksgiving of nightmares" that marked her youth to create such compelling fiction in this humorous interview with Dean Nelson as part of the Eighth Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7165]

Author and syndicated columnist Julianne Malveaux gives an inspiring talk on the contributions of W.E.B. DuBois and other African-American scholars in this event marking UCSD's celebration of Black History Month. [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 7166]