You can now see the Soul of a People talk filmed for CSPAN’s BookTV online. Good questions! Good discussion! Check it out.…
Today the film Public Enemies hits screens across the country, with Johnny Depp playing John Dillinger. Reviewers note how Dillinger and other…
Fun events exploring the Writers’ Project and its discoveries of American life continue at libraries across the country this summer and into…
Seventy years ago this week, the WPA Guide to New York City came out amid a campaign blitz of jingles and quiz…
For my trip to Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill last week I checked out the WPA guide to North Carolina from the…
Not long ago I was in Richmond, VA to tape an interview with Liz Humes at WRIR and a talk about the…
Libraries are putting on a lively range of events nationwide, raising issues about the Writers’ Project, its contributions and what it means…
Yesterday there was a good crowd at the Library of Congress despite the midafternoon timing for a panel about Soul of a…
Mark Athitakis, whose book reviews have appeared Washington City Paper and elsewhere and whose blog has ranked on various lists of top…
In a long-0verdue acknowledgement of a native son, last week the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a stamp honoring Richard Wright. One of…
