Lawrence Wright: Master Storyteller
LAWRENCE WRIGHT is an author, screenwriter, playwright, and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine since 1992.
He is the author of 15 books. His book “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11” (Knopf, 2006), has been translated into 25 languages and won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. It was made into a series for Hulu in 2018, starring Jeff Daniels, Alec Baldwin, and Tahar Rahim. He also wrote the screenplay for the film “The Siege,” starring Denzel Washington, Annette Benning, and Bruce Willis.
Fragments
A novelist, journalist and educator, ANNE BERNAYS has been writing for over 40 years. In 1980, Bernays also began her journey as a writing professor at Harvard University, and became a professor of creative writing at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism.
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Richard LeBlond: “Homesick for Nowhere”
RICHARD LEBLOND is a retired field biologist. His essays and photographs have appeared in many U.S. and international journals, including Montreal Review, Weber – The Contemporary West, Lowestoft Chronicle, Still Point Arts Quarterly, Concis, and Trampset. His work has been nominated for “Best American Travel Writing” and “Best of the Net.” His first book, “Homesick for Nowhere,” was published in 2023.
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Michael Stein: A Writer Who Can Save Your Life
MICHAEL STEIN, MD, is a physician, health policy researcher, and thought leader in the field of public health. He currently serves as the Chair and Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. He is also the author of twelve books of fiction and non-fiction and the Executive Editor of Public Health Post.
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Annette Insdorf: A Passion for Cinema
ANNETTE INSDORF is an internationally renowned educator, and author of several cinema-related books, including “Francois Truffaut, Indelible Shadows: Film and Holocaust,” “Philip Kaufman,” “Intimations: The Cinema of Wojciech Has,” and “Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes.” She is a Professor in the Graduate Film Program of Columbia’s School of the Arts and served as Director of Undergraduate Film Studies for 27 years.
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