This year's lecture will feature The Nation columnist, Katha Pollitt. Her Subject to Debate column appears every other week in The Nation; it is frequently reprinted in newspapers across the country. Pollitt was just awarded the American book Award's "Lifetime Achievement" prize, celebrating her contributions both as an essayist and a poet. She is the author of several collections of essays; her most recent books include Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories(2007) and her second collection of poetry, The Mind-Body Problem (2009).
Free and open to all.