Alice Walker

Writer as Medium

May 27, 1990, 12:00 am - 12:00 am

On May 27th, 1990, writer Alice Walker visited the John Adams Institute to lecture on civil rights and civil participation. Alice Walker was born in Georgia. In 1982 she gained world renown with her novel The Color Purple. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer prize, the American Book award and the National Book Critics Circle award. …...

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Paul Watkins

On Night Over Day Over Night

Jun 06, 1991, 12:00 am - 12:00 am

On June 6th, 1991, the John Adams Institute hosted British-American author Paul Watkins. He spoke about his novel Night over Day over Night (translated in Dutch as Dag in Nacht uit). The protagonist is a German teenager, who joins the Waffen-SS in 1944. Watkins examines the psychology of the Waffen-SS members in the final stretch of the …...

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Paul Theroux

Double Lives and Escapades - The Adventures of Paul Theroux

Apr 11, 1990, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

On April 11th, 1990, travel author Paul Theroux visited the John Adams Institute to discuss his book My Secret History. Theroux gained renown as author of travel stories. With his sharp pen and intriguing reports, he brought renewed interest to the literary travel genre. However, Theroux sees his travel stories as subordinate to his other work. Traveling …...

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Paul Auster

On the Search for the Limits of Human Existence

Jan 24, 1990, 12:00 am - 12:00 am

On January 24th, 1990, Paul Auster visited the John Adams Institute to speak on one of the central themes in his novels; the search for the limits of human existence. Auster grew up in Newark, New Jersey, in a family of Jewish-Austrian descent. He spent a few years in France, were he mainly focused on …...

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Jamaica Kincaid

The Sound of Silence: Tales from the Caribbean

Dec 07, 1989, 12:00 am - 12:00 am

In 1989 Jamaica Kincaid visited the John Adams Institute to talk about ‘A Small Place’. Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, ‘A Small Place’ magnifies our vision of one small place with Swiftian wit and precision. Jamaica Kincaid’s expansive essay candidly appraises the ten-by-twelve-mile island in the British West Indies where she grew up, and makes palpable …...

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Adam Alter

My phone, my phone, my irresistible phone: Welcome to the age of addictive technology

Apr 20, 2017, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

We spend more time communicating through our smartphones than we spend talking to our partner. New technology has nestled itself in our pockets, our lives, our habits, our dealings with each other and the rest of the world. This addiction is not just a sign of our own weakness: these products are actually designed to get us hooked. Adam Alter of NYU …...

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Michael Chabon

Moonglow

Apr 11, 2017, 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Michael Chabon is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and Telegraph Avenue, as well as the screenwriter for the hugely successful Spiderman 2 film. On April 11th, this master storyteller returned to the John Adams Institute with his deeply personal new book Moonglow, translated as Maangloed by Ambo Anthos. In …...

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Saul Bellow

"Could I Be Anything But a Non-Conformist?" - An Evening With Saul Bellow

May 06, 1990, 12:00 am - 12:00 am

On May 6th, 1990, author Saul Bellow visited the John Adams Institute to lecture on his work. Saul Bellow was born in Lachine, Quebec, and was raised in Chicago. He attended the University of Chicago, received his Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in 1937, with honors in sociology and anthropology, did graduate work at the …...

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Thomas McGuane

America at Large: The World of Thomas McGuane

Apr 06, 1990, 12:00 am - 12:00 am

On April 6th, 1990, author Thomas McGuane visited the John Adams Institute. At the age of ten, McGuane knew he wanted to be a writer. His career spans over 50 years and includes Ninety-two in the Shade, The Bushwhacked Piano and Nothing But Blue Skies. His novels embody a romantic ‘western’ view on life, embodied by the cowboy/tough …...

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