Literary Arts
Wisdom of the Century
MERLE R. SAFERSTEIN has dedicated her life to education, legacy preservation, and support for those facing significant life challenges. Saferstein collaborated with Jenny Menzel, Pipe Yanguas, and Sandra Coiffman to produce a 300 page, full-color book of interviews with 90 people over 90 years-old, titled “WISDOM OF THE CENTURY.”
read moreBibi Andrade & Myroslava Koliadenko Make a Superhero Comic Book About Ukraine
In this ArtSpeak video conversation we address Brigitte “Bibi” Andrade’s desire to do something positive for the children of war-ravaged Ukraine. To that purpose, Andrade worked with 18 year-old Ukrainian refugee Myroslava Koliadenko to create “T-Superheroes,” a comic book about the invasion of Ukraine.
read moreTony Kahn: Public Broadcasting Pioneer
TONY KAHN has written, produced, narrated and hosted more than fifty radio and television programs and series for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), Nickelodeon, A&E Cable, Monitor Radio, CBS Cable, and Boston television stations WGBH and WCVB.
read moreLeonard Pitts, Jr. — Writer
LEONARD PITTS, JR. (b 1957) is a commentator, journalist, and novelist. He is a nationally syndicated columnist and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
read moreNancy L. Rosenblum: Author, Educator
NANCY L. ROSENBLUM is a political scientist and political philosopher. She is professor emerita from Harvard University and has been the co-editor of the Annual Review of Political Science (2015 to 2023). She studies modern political thought and constitutional law. Rosenblum has been the Chair of both the government department at Harvard and the political science department at Brown University,
read moreMeryl Frank: Politician, Diplomat, Author
MERYL FRANK is an American politician, non-profit executive, diplomat, and author. In 2023, Hachette Books published Frank’s memoir of searching for the history of her family lost in the Holocaust, “Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust.”
read moreThom Barrett: “Living While Dying”
THOM BARRETT is the author of ”Living While Dying” and “Chasing My Northern Lights.” He also pursues adventure travel — from the jungles of Central America to the untamed beauty of North America’s landscapes to the Alps to Antarctica. For the past 8 years he has been battling cancer, which has recently progressed to stage IV.
read moreLawrence Wright: “Mr. Texas” +
LAWRENCE WRIGHT is an author, screenwriter, playwright, and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. He received a Pulitzer Prize for “The Looming Tower.” His latest novel is called “Mr. Texas.”
read moreAuthor Joel F. Johnson: Tales of the South
JOEL F. JOHNSON is the author of the novel “Never” (Arbitrary Press, 2023), a coming-of-age story in the segregated South, and “Where Inches Seem Miles,” a collection of poetry.
read moreIn Memoriam: Dr. Enid Curtis Pinkney
DR. ENID CURTIS PINKNEY (1931-2024) passed away on July 18, 2024 at the age of 92. She will be most remembered for saving the Hampton House in Brownsville from the Miami wrecking ball, and raising the funds to restore it to National Historic Registry standards. She was the founder of the Historic Hampton House Museum.
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