Its my honor to introduce three people to you this evening. First is Roger Rosenblatt whose work has been published in 14 languages. Roger is the author of five New York Times notable books of the year and three times bestseller. The story the story i am mad about the writing life came out in april and a cool moon a life love and responsibility will be in october. Rogers written seven off broadway plays notably the one person free speech in america that he performed at the American Theater which was the times 10 best plays of 1991. Last spring he performed them play piano in his play living in the basement is nothing which would go to the Stoller Center for the arts at stony brook and the theater in new york next year. He also wrote the screenplay for a bestselling novel rapid rising which is currently in production. Roger is distinguished repressor at english and writing at stony brook. He formerly held the copeland appointment to creative writing at harvard where he got his ph. D. Am
Qualified than i am to talk about the history of factories and well be welcoming him to the stage. Joshua b. Freeman is a distinguished professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate Center of cuny. His prof books including american empire and working class new york, among others. He lives right here in new york city. And hes here to talk about his book behemoth on sale in our book hop and also doing a book signing afterward if you like. Please welcome to the stage josh freeman. [applause] i like to thank baldwin. I cant resist saying that, you know, i also recently discovered theres a polish rock band named behemoth which i didnt know. Im less wellinformed. But the first talk i gave was at my own university, university of new york, and somehow or other when you try to buy a ticket to this event, it took you to a site to buy a ticket to a concert in poland. By a rock band called behemoth. So it was extremely confusing. But i think tonight its the right behemoth in the right pl
tonight s great lives presentation on america s pirates. the talk is sponsored by the community bank of chesapeake to whom we are grateful for their generous support over the past several years. and it s that kind of commitment that enables the program to bring to the university and to the community outstanding speakers such as our guest tonight. eric jay dolin is the author of the fascinating book, black flags blue waters: the epic history of america s most notorious pirates. eric grew up near the coast of new york and connecticut and, from an early age, developed an interest in maritime affairs. toward that end, he earned a double major in biology and environmental studies, then getting a masters degree in environmental management from yale. that was followed by a ph. d. in environmental policy and planning from mit, where his dissertation focused on the role of the courts in the cleanup of boston harbour. eric has held an interesting variety of jobs, many of them related t
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pirates. ahoy, mates. and welcome to tonight s great lives presentation on america s pirates. the top responses by the community bank of chesapeake to whom we are grateful for their generous support over the past several years. and it s that kind of commitment that enables it the program to bring to the university and to the community outstanding speakers such as our guest tonight. eric jay dolin is the author of the fascinating book black flags blue waters. the epic history of america s most notorious pirates. eric grew up near the coast of new york and connecticut. in from an early age developed an interest in maritime affairs. toward that end, he earned the double major in biology and environmental studies then getting a masters degree in environmental management from yale. that was followed by a ph. d. in environmental policy and planning from mit, where his dissertation focused on the role of the courts in the cleanup of boston harbour. eric has held an interesting varie