Sarah Vowell on America’s Puritan Roots
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Essayist and public radio favorite Sarah Vowell talks about America’s Puritan roots, beyond the shoe buckles-and-corn stereotypes, and what our 17th c. cultural heritage means for modern-day Americans. Her new book is The Wordy Shipmates.
Events:
Sarah Vowell will give a Q&A and booksigning
Wed. Oct. 8 at 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Union Square
33 East 17th St
Sarah Vowell has also helped plan
"REVENGE OF THE BOOK EATERS"
A benefit for NYC’s Free Writing Programs for Children
Tues. Oct. 7 at 8:00 PM
Town Hall, 43rd St. between Broadway and 6th Ave.
Tickets and more info at 826nyc.org
Guests:
Sarah Vowell
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Comments [2]
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Sarah briefly mentioning how it's so neat to find out how certain viruses have influenced history.
In the book "A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History" by Manuel DeLanda - in the chapter in regards to Flesh and Genes addresses biological history which explains how biology has shaped history 1000-1700 A.D.
Mass' weather would have been much like the weather in Plymouth.
Don't know the exact lattitudes, but NYC, for example, is on the same latitude as Rome.
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