Kelly Corrigan on Glitter and Glue
Kelly Corrigan has survived breast cancer, helped raise more than $4,000,000 for Oakland’s Children’s Hospital and Research Center, and has her own page on Wikipedia. She authored a YouTube video that went viral, and has written three New York Times bestselling...Madeleine Albright on Moral Complexity
Madeleine Albright’s Prague Winter is an exploration of the moral complexities faced by her parents and their generation during WWII. That literary structure—which puts the personal within an historical context and demonstrates how each influences the other—makes the book a fascinating read.
Anne Lamott and the Secret to Life
Anne Lamott has been through a lot—alcohol and drug abuse, financial problems, serious family illnesses, and the challenges of single parenthood—and come out on the other side, sober and spiritually alive. Speaking at St. Andrew church in Marin City, she shared what she’s learned, including the secret to life.
Barbara Kingsolver on the Power of Literature
In Flight Behavior Kingsolver does, once again, what she does best. She looks at an issue from multiple points of view, empathizing with characters who disagree with each other, turning a question over and over like a pebble in a tumbler until the hard edges are worn away and the result is something you want to carry around in your pocket,
Elizabeth Gilbert’s Literary Cookbook
Love Elizabeth Gilbert? Read on to discover the recipe you can prepare using a piece of Daddy’s discarded shirt, the old-fashioned secret to making orange marmalade, and what Gilbert is working on now.
