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August 29, 2018
7:00 - 9:00
Only Disconnect
Contemporary Turkish literature would look different if authors wrote soulful books like Atay’s.
Surviving the Script
There’s a story I know by heart. It’s a monologue I once performed often, about a woman named Laura.
Get in the Crystal
When I saw the party announcement weeks ago I felt a sinking feeling and simply avoided it. At 10 p.m. on election night, after it…
In 1968 at the national party conventions, William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal—two ideological and personal rivals—debated the issues of the day and traded insults. It was an explosive political spectacle that presaged the culture wars and today’s polarized media landscape. Following a short screening, Rick Perlstein (author of Nixonland) and Modern Age editor Daniel McCarthy will discuss the Buckley/Vidal debates, and their historical context and relevance today, in a moderated conversation led by Timothy Crimmins. At a time of deep division, it’s worth asking: Has there ever been civil discourse in America?
Presented by The Point, Illinois Humanities and the Public Media Institute; RSVP here.