Norman Lear, Edward Zwick and Al Gore are the latest luminaries to join Write America: A Reading for Our Country, the weekly literary series launched by novelist and Stony Brook University Distinguished Professor of English and Writing Roger Rosenblatt. The series, broadcast live on Crowdcast each week, features a diverse group of award-winning, nationally renowned authors, alongside new and emerging writers, in conversation about how books and art might bridge the deep divisions in our nation. "No matter how big Write America gets, the need is bigger," said Rosenblatt. "The country is coming apart. Our writers' adhesives are language, feeling and beauty. The quiet, moral power of art." Hosted by Alice Hutchinson, the free series is broadcast on Mondays at 7 p.m., with writers including Alice McDermott, Garry Trudeau, Alan Alda, Amy Hempel, Tyehimba Jess, Delia Ephron, David Remnick, Ken Auletta, Susan Isaacs, Billy Collins and many more. Zwick, a film and tele
A group of prominent writers has come together in an innovative way during the pandemic to reckon with these divisive times. Its mission statement says, "The nation is injured. We hope to contribute to its healing." Jeffrey Brown has a look at the project “Write America” for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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Cost: Free Event Description Join us for the twenty-sixth episode of Write America featuring novelist and journalist Joyce Maynard & poet and essayist Adrienne Unger as they read and discuss their works and about how books and art might bridge the deep divisions in our nation.