Think Humanities

Tom Eblen of the Lexington Herald Leader is joined by renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham on this edition of Eastern Standard. The Gaines Center, Kentucky Humanities, and the University of Kentucky present The Bale Boone Symposium in Humanities featuring Jon Meacham on September 17th at 7pm in the Worsham Theatre at the University of Kentucky Student Center. As a capstone to Kentucky Humanities’ statewide literacy initiative Kentucky Reads: All the King’s Men, Meacham will be speaking on the relevance of Robert Penn Warren’s work, from politics to race and regional culture. His latest book, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, published by Random House, will be available for purchase at the event. This event is free and open to the public.

Host Bill Goodman is joined by filmmaker Tom Thurman of KET. Thurman’s latest documentary focuses on Kentucky's celebrated, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Robert Penn Warren. Thurman and KET will present a sneak preview of his documentary, "Robert Penn Warren: A Vision," on Sunday, September 9th at 2:00 PM at the Lexington Public Library's Farish Theatre. The full-length documentary will debut at Western Kentucky University's Van Meter Hall on Monday, October 22nd. These two events are part of Kentucky Humanities' statewide reading initiative, Kentucky Reads: All the King's Men.

Host Bill Goodman is joined by filmmaker Tom Thurman of KET. Thurman’s latest documentary focuses on Kentucky's celebrated, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Robert Penn Warren. Thurman and KET will present a sneak preview of his documentary, "Robert Penn Warren: A Vision," on Sunday, September 9th at 2:00 PM at the Lexington Public Library's Farish Theatre. The full-length documentary will debut at Western Kentucky University's Van Meter Hall on Monday, October 22nd. These two events are part of Kentucky Humanities' statewide reading initiative, Kentucky Reads: All the King's Men.

Host Bill Goodman is joined by filmmaker Tom Thurman of KET. Thurman’s latest documentary focuses on Kentucky's celebrated, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Robert Penn Warren. Thurman and KET will present a sneak preview of his documentary, "Robert Penn Warren: A Vision," on Sunday, September 9th at 2:00 PM at the Lexington Public Library's Farish Theatre. The full-length documentary will debut at Western Kentucky University's Van Meter Hall on Monday, October 22nd. These two events are part of Kentucky Humanities' statewide reading initiative, Kentucky Reads: All the King's Men.

Host Bill Goodman is joined by nationally recognized author Ada Limón. She is the author of five books of poetry, including "Bright Dead Things," which was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and was named one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of the Year by the New York Times. Having lived all across the country in Northern California, Seattle, and New York City, Limón has resided in Lexington for seven years now with her husband, Lucas. Her latest work, "The Carrying," was released earlier this month.

Host Bill Goodman is joined by nationally recognized author Ada Limón. She is the author of five books of poetry, including "Bright Dead Things," which was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and was named one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of the Year by the New York Times. Having lived all across the country in Northern California, Seattle, and New York City, Limón has resided in Lexington for seven years now with her husband, Lucas. Her latest work, "The Carrying," was released earlier this month.

Host Bill Goodman is joined by nationally recognized author Ada Limón. She is the author of five books of poetry, including "Bright Dead Things," which was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and was named one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of the Year by the New York Times. Having lived all across the country in Northern California, Seattle, and New York City, Limón has resided in Lexington for seven years now with her husband, Lucas. Her latest work, "The Carrying," was released earlier this month.

Host Bill Goodman had the pleasure of attending the 41st annual Writers' Workshop at the Hindman Settlement School. The Appalachian Writers' Workshop is Kentucky's premier writers' conference where both aspiring and seasoned writers gather in a creative environment to teach and refine their skills. While in Hindman, Bill had the opportunity to speak with Brent Hutchinson, Executive Director of the Hindman Settlement School; celebrated Kentucky novelist, Silas House; the James Still Writer-In-Residence, Rebecca Gayle Howell; and a first time student at Hindman, Tanya Torp of Lexington.

Host Bill Goodman had the pleasure of attending the 41st annual Writers' Workshop at the Hindman Settlement School. The Appalachian Writers' Workshop is Kentucky's premier writers' conference where both aspiring and seasoned writers gather in a creative environment to teach and refine their skills. While in Hindman, Bill had the opportunity to speak with Brent Hutchinson, Executive Director of the Hindman Settlement School; celebrated Kentucky novelist, Silas House; the James Still Writer-In-Residence, Rebecca Gayle Howell; and a first time student at Hindman, Tanya Torp of Lexington.

Host Bill Goodman had the pleasure of attending the 41st annual Writers' Workshop at the Hindman Settlement School. The Appalachian Writers' Workshop is Kentucky's premier writers' conference where both aspiring and seasoned writers gather in a creative environment to teach and refine their skills. While in Hindman, Bill had the opportunity to speak with Brent Hutchinson, Executive Director of the Hindman Settlement School; celebrated Kentucky novelist, Silas House; the James Still Writer-In-Residence, Rebecca Gayle Howell; and a first time student at Hindman, Tanya Torp of Lexington.