Author Talk with Dr. Jerry Fromm
Jerry Fromm is a clinical psychologist who spent his career at the Austen Riggs Center. As the director of the Erikson Institute, he had to opportunity to bring the Center's clinical…
Postponed NEW DATE MARCH 19 at 3:00 – Censorship, Libraries, Media and the Stability of Democracy: A conversation with Martin Baron
Book banning is not a new phenomenon. But as the culture wars grow ever more strident and aggressive, libraries, schools and even bookstores are under increasing pressure to strip their…
Censorship, Libraries, Media and the Stability of Democracy: A conversation with Martin Baron
Book banning is not a new phenomenon. But as the culture wars grow ever more strident and aggressive, libraries, schools and even bookstores are under increasing pressure to strip their…
Online Poetry: The Refuge of Witnessing with Ellen Steinbaum
Ellen Steinbaum is the author of four poetry collections, and her work has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. An award-winning journalist and former Boston Globe columnist, she writes…
Author Talk with Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse will discuss her latest book, Justice on the Brink: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme…
Online Poetry: The Refuge of Witnessing with Justen Ahrens
In 2013, Justen Ahren published his first collection of poems, A Strange Catechism. Jorie Graham called the book “deeply beautiful, honest, imaginative, fierce, unflinching.” Two of the book’s poems were…
Gender Equity and the Law in the US Military with Gene Fidell
Gene Fidell will speak about current issues facing the military justice system, starting with the mandatory vaccination program and legislative action shrinking commanders’ power to make prosecution decisions. Has the…
Online Poetry: The Refuge of Witnessing with Adam O. Davis
Adam O. Davis was born in Arizona and grew up in France, New Jersey, Scotland, and Utah. His debut poetry collection, Index of Haunted Houses, winner of the Kathryn A.…
Interfacing: Poetry, Mental Illness & Mental Health with Owen Lewis, M.D., Richard Berlin, M.D., Patty Crane, R.N., Hannah Fries Moderator: Kate Daniels co-presented with The Austen Riggs Center
Freud reputedly said, “Wherever I go I find a poet’s been there before.” Poets are known for the clarity of their understanding of what it means to be human. They,…
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