Celebrating the publication of the 4th edition of Houghton Mifflin's American Heritage Dictionary, a discussion with usage panel guests Steven Pinker, Wendy Kaminer, and Robert Pinsky. Tickets are free.
October 17, 6pm
HARVARD BOOK STORE'S JEWISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE SERIES Cynthia Ozick Quarrel and Quandary
Harvard Hillel, Rosovsky Hall, 52 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge
Acclaimed critic and novelist Cynthia Ozick examines some of the world's most illustrious writers and their work in this new collection of essays. See November for more events in HBS's Jewish Literature and Culture Series. Tickets are free at Harvard Book Store.
David Levering Lewis's acclaimed work has restored the inspiring and famed DuBois--a historian, novelist, editor, sociologist, founder of the NAACP, advocate of women's rights, and the premier architect of the civil rights movement--to his central place in American history. Tickets are free.