The Last Negroes at Harvard

LNAH/ The Harvard Boat to Mexico/Tease

This is the first in a serialized reading of The Harvard Boat to Mexico, part of The Last Negroes at Harvard / Stories — a collection of historical fiction and nonfiction narratives inspired by real e...

16 Aug 20253min

Rabble! A Story of the Paris Commune

Rabble by Geoffrey Fox is a short historical novel set during the Paris Commune of 1871 — the brief, radical workers’ government that took power in Paris after France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian W...

15 Aug 20251h 13min

Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien

Alex Vernon talks about his new book. He is the M.E. & Ima Graves Peace Distinguished Professor of English at Hendrix College in Arkansas.

7 Aug 20251h 2min

Bear Witness: The Pursuit of Justice in a Violent Land

Ross Halperin talks about his new book. A high-octane true-crime story, Bear Witness follows two Christians who refuse to let fear or conventional wisdom stand in the way of their altruistic mission.

4 Aug 20251h 5min

Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable

Will Potter talks about his new book. He is an award-winning investigative journalist and TED Senior Fellow who exposes political repression and the erosion of civil liberties. His reporting and comme...

29 Juli 20251h 10min