Literary Arts
Dennis Lehane: Author, Screenwriter, Producer
Introduction to Dennis Lehane. 1:53 min. Interview: Raymond Elman. Camera: Necee Regis. Video Editing: Karen Morales. Production: Christina Hester. DENNIS LEHANE grew up in Boston. Since his first novel, A Drink Before the War, won the Shamus Award, he has published twelve more novels that have been translated into more than 30 languages and become international bestsellers: Darkness, Take My Hand; Sacred; Gone, Baby, Gone; Prayers for Rain; Mystic River; Shutter Island; The Given Day; Moonlight Mile; Live by...
read moreMary Gordon, Author
From fiction to memoirs to essays, MARY GORDON has been writing for as long as she can remember, and has written 17 books. Her 2017 novel, “There Your Heart Lies,” tells the story of an American woman’s experiences during the Spanish Civil War and its influence on her granddaughter’s life.
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Bob Eckstein: Cartoonist, Illustrator, Writer
BOB ECKSTEIN is an illustrator, cartoonist, writer and snowman expert.
read moreAnne Bernays: Author, Journalist, Educator
A novelist, journalist and educator, ANNE BERNAYS has been writing for over 40 years.
read moreThe Power of One Word
Elmore Leonard’s “Ten Rules for Writing” is chock full of good advice. My favorite: “If it sounds like writing, revise it.”
read moreAlastair Gordon: Author, Journalist, Publisher, Artist
ALASTAIR GORDON is an award-winning critic, curator, cultural historian and author.
read moreAdam Gopnik: The New Yorker Cometh to Miami
Award-winning author and journalist ADAM GOPNIK has been a staff writer for “The New Yorker” since 1986.
read moreLes Standiford: Author, Educator
LES STANDIFORD is the award-winning author of 23 books of fiction and non-fiction.
read moreJane Leavy: Author of the 3 Best Baseball Biographies — Sandy, Mickey, & Babe
Introduction to Jane Leavy. 1:07 min. Camera: Lee Skye. Video Editor: Maria Grijalva. Music: Hadyn Quartet. Portrait & Design: Raymond Elman. Jane Leavy is the award-winning author of the New York Times bestsellers The Big Fella, Babe Ruth and the World He Created; The Last Boy, Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood; Sandy Koufax, A Lefty’s Legacy; and the comic novel Squeeze Play, which Entertainment Weekly called “the best novel ever written about baseball.” She was a staff writer at The...
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