The biographer of Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, and others shares his expertise on the theory, resources, and techniques of writing lives.

The multitalented man behind Bark, George and other modern classics narrates and draws episodes from his books and illustrates a new story created by participants.

The author of Taliban turns to the wider base of Islamic extremism, examining how repression and poverty have fed fundamentalist rage in the small countries surrounding Afghanistan, and how that rage may be alleviated.

Barnet Schecter's book The Battle for New York not only tells the riveting story of the city's central role in the Revolution, but also reveals the familiar modern locations where history was made in 1776.

Jim Lehrer's thirteenth novel, No Certain Rest tells the story of a Parks Department archaeologist who discovers a long-buried secret about a death on the battlefield of Antietam. This event is co-sponsored by WNET/Thirteen New York.

James's biographer speaks about him as the great proponent of consciousness as something fluid, evanescent, but above all active.

The leading expert on the migrations of birds in the New York City area introduces birds of the area, with slides of some surprising local avian encounters.

The author of Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe explores this most puzzling among major American writers.

The life-changing author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression speaks of his own experience and that of Emily Dickinson as shown in her poetry.

An internationally recognized expert in her field, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers brings her impressive experience to this extraordinary study of landscapes and the historical and cultural backdrops against which they have been formed.

In thirty-five essays Wendy Wasserstein's Shiksa Goddess covers everything from her sister's battle with cancer to the charm of cardboard coffee cups. This event is co-sponsored by WNET/Thirteen New York.

Casson brings to life ancestors of the modern library and describes how kings, scholars, and readers interacted among the shelves.