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Ray Connolly has published a number of books, including "Being Elvis." He also directed the television documentary "James Dean: The First American…
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Esmeralda Santiago is a renowned writer of the Puerto Rican experience and a founding mother of Nuyorican literature.Santiago’s bestselling 1993 memoir,…
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Wanda Sykes has been called “one of the funniest stand-up comics” by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Funniest People in America. Her…
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In her admired works of fiction, including the recent "The Book That Matters Most," best-selling author Ann Hood explores the transformative power of…
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Rachel Kadish’s new novel The Weight of Ink is set in London. It is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect – one an emigrant from…
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The New York State Writers Institute and the UAlbany Speaker Series presents Salman Rushdie in an afternoon craft talk and evening presentation on…
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No writer plunged more wholeheartedly into the chaotic energies of the 1960s than Norman Mailer, as he fearlessly revolutionized literary norms and genres…
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From legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky, who currently appears on "The Goldbergs" and HBO’s "Silicon Valley," and Norman Lear’s new "One Day at…
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It has been one hundred years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. Award winning biographer, Laura…
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It may be hard to believe, but this year - 2018 - marks the 9th annual Woodstock Bookfest. And they will be busily igniting the conversation by bringing…