Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, August 13, 2020.
Maurice Carlos Ruffin on his book We Cast a Shadow, a keen satire of surviving racism in America.
A profoundly moving family story, the center of the book is a father who just wants his son to thrive in a broken world. Ruffin was a recipient of an Iowa Review Award in fiction and the winner of the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition for Novel-in-Progress.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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CLSC: "The Displaced: Refugee Writers...
Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, August 27, 2020.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen presents The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives.
Nguyen’s book is a collection of original essays by writers from around the world, and a compelling look at what it means ...
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Chautauqua Prize Ceremony and Reading
Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Monday, August 10, 2020.
For its ninth Chautauqua Prize celebration, Chautauqua Institution is thrilled to host and recognize the author of the 2020 winning novel, Out of Darkness, Shining Light, Petina Gappah on Monday, August 10, 2020 at 3:30 PM EST on the...
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Janus Prize Celebration and Presentat...
Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, July 31, 2020.
Janus Prize Celebration and Presentation: Joseph Earl Thomas, "Reality Marble".
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each ...
