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Human Rights
Aryeh Neier, former executive director of the ACLU and Human Rights Watch and the current President of the Open Society Institute, reflects on 40 years of fighting for civil liberties, issues ranging from race relations and abortion rights to the current situation in the Middle East. Then, Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, discusses what is was like to grow up under the weight of his father's legacy. Plus A.S. Byatt shares her latest novel, A Whistling Woman. And Jordanian author, Norma Khouri discusses the practice of "honor killing".
Aryeh Neier
Aryeh Neier, former executive director of the ACLU and Human Rights Watch and the current President of the Open Society Institute, reflects on 40 years of fighting for civil liberties, issues ranging from race relations and abortion rights to the current situation in the Middle East, Taking Liberties.
Music: Heat Soundtrack composer Elliot Goldenthal
Dexter Scott King
Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, discusses what is was like to grow up under the weight of his father's legacy, Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir.
Dexter Scott King will be reading and signing books
February 3rd (Monday):
Barnes and Noble
East 86th/Lexington
7:30
February 4th (Tuesday)
Hueman Bookstore
Frederick Blvd between 124th/125th
6:30 pm
Music: Mahalia Jackson "Silent Night"
Norsalus McKissick "The Old Ship of Zion"
A.S. Byatt
A.S. Byatt shares her latest novel, A Whistling Woman. Read an excerpt of Byatt's book in the Reading Room.
AS Byatt will be reading and signing books:
Fenruary 4th (Tuesday)
Barnes and Noble Union Square
7:00 pm
AS Byatt will be lecturing at The New York Public Library
February 5th (Wednesday)
6:30 pm
Music: Canned Heat "Goin' Up The Country"
Norma Khouri
Jordanian author, Norma Khouri discusses the practice of "honor killing"-where a man kills a female relative suspected of immoral behavior, and recounts the murder of her own best friend, Honor Lost: Love and Death in Modern Day Jordan. Norma Khouri will be reading and signing books at:
Barnes and Noble at Astor Place
February 6th at 7:30 pm
Music: Maurice Soundtrack music by Richard Robbins
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