Birthday Treasures
GlimpsesTo celebrate Edith Wharton’s birthday, we reveal treasures from our collection related to her birthday and childhood.
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Beyond the Writing of Fiction with Vanya Rose
Fiction, PRERECORDED
In January, we celebrated Edith Wharton’s birthday commemorating her literary legacy. Screenwriter/director Vanya Rose joined us to discuss her film WOMAN IN CAR, inspired by Wharton’s 1912 novel, The Reef. As an author ... Read more
Beyond the Writing of Fiction with Lisa Lee Herrick
Non-Fiction, PRERECORDED
In December, we celebrated the Hmong New Year with award-winning author and artist Lisa Lee Herrick, discussing food, family, and festivities. Find her essay about the best holiday chicken recipe at Food52; she ... Read more
Beyond the Writing of Fiction with Jenny Croft
Non-Fiction, PRERECORDED
In November, we celebrated National Book Award Week with Jenny Croft, winner of the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for her illustrated memoir Homesick and the 2018 Man Booker International ... Read more
Beyond the Writing of Fiction with mystery series author Anne Perry
Fiction, PRERECORDED
As an author of multiple books in different genres, the writer and book coach Courtney Maum is thrilled to host guests from across the literary stratosphere on The Mount’s new ... Read more
2021 Summer Lecture by Lisa Napoli
Lecture, PRERECORDED
Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by journalist Lisa Napoli is a captivating account of these four women, their deep and enduring friendships, ... Read more
2021 Summer Lecture by Sydney Stern
Lecture, PRERECORDED
Drawing on interviews, letters, diaries, and other documents still in private hands, The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics provides a uniquely intimate behind-the-scenes chronicle of the lives, loves, work, ... Read more
2021 Summer Lecture by Maggie Doherty
Lecture, PRERECORDED
In 1960, Harvard’s sister college, Radcliffe, announced the founding of an Institute for Independent Study, a “messy experiment” in women’s education that offered paid fellowships to those with a PhD ... Read more
2021 Summer Lecture by Janice P. Nimura
Lecture, PRERECORDED
Exploring the Blackwell sisters’ allies, enemies, and enduring partnership, Janice P. Nimura presents, in The Blackwell Sisters: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine, a ... Read more
2021 Summer Lecture by Heather Clark
Lecture, PRERECORDED
With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials–including unpublished letters and manuscripts; court, police, and psychiatric records; and new interviews–Heather Clark brings to life the brilliant Sylvia Plath, who had poetic ambition ... Read more