Writers (Audio)

Hosted by Robert Hass and University Librarian Thomas C. Leonard, distinguished faculty and staff from a wide range of disciplines introduce and read a favorite poem. This year’s participants: Ronelle Alexander (Slavic Languages and Literatures), Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer, Myrtis Cochran (Reference Services), George Jaqua (Physical Plant), Trinh T. Minh-ha (Rhetoric and Gender & Women’s Studies), Michael L. Palmer (Summer Sessions), Kent Puckett (English), Samuel J. Redman (Regional Oral History). Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 22613]

Since the publication of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon” in 1930, San Francisco has been recognized as the birthplace of modern crime fiction. Join a distinctive panel as they examine the Bay Area as a popular setting for mystery and detective novels. Panelist are Bay Area authors Lucha Corpi, Eddie Muller, and Kelli Stanley and is moderated by Janet Rudolph. This panel was held in conjunction with an exhibit in Doe Library, highlighting the richness of UC Berkeley’s collections for the study of genre fiction. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23054]

The Atlantic’s Steve Clemons leads a provocative session on energy issues with Pulitzer-Prize winning author Daniel Yergin, Steve Koonin of the US Dept. of Energy, Dan Kammen of the World Bank and biofuels expert Stephen Mayfield of UC San Diego. Alexis Madrigal follows with Amory Lovins, author of “Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 22775]

Economist Carmen Reinhart, co-author of “This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly,” offers compelling insight into the global economic crisis. Series: "Economics Roundtable" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 22626]

UC Berkeley's popular noontime poetry series features Suzanne Guerlac discussing her work. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Show ID: 22963]

Zainab Salbi, the founder of the humanitarian organization Women for Women International, tells a rapt audience how she has helped close to 300,000 women rebuild their lives and their communities after surviving devastating wars. Salbi, author of the best-selling memoir “Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam,” is presented by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Series: "Peace exChange -- Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 22729]

UC Berkeley's popular noontime poetry series is under the direction of UC Berkeley professor and former Poet Laureate Robert Hass and features renowned poets reading and discussing their work. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 53437]

Story Hour in the Library celebrates the writers in the Berkeley campus community with an annual student reading featuring short excerpts of work by winners of the year’s biggest prose prizes, Story Hour in the Library interns, and faculty nominees. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 20630]

UC Berkeley students read original poetry at the close of Lunch Poems for 2011. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 19353]

Eli Pariser, former executive editor of MoveOn.org and author of “The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You” provides an eye-opening exposé of personal data-mining on the web. In this chilling account, he explains how powerful business interests control the information the public can see on line, while allowing others access to everything about consumers. Series: "Revelle Forum" [Humanities] [Show ID: 21525]