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Irshad Manji in "Faith Without Fear" (PBS)Pioneering Work
Guest host Katherine Lanpher talks with Irshad Manji about her new PBS documentary, “Faith Without Fear.” Then, Edward Mendelson celebrates W.H. Auden’s centennial. And a woman describes her 6-year-effort to become a mother. Plus, Jane Goodall and her biographer talk about her profound influence on primate studies.
Faith Without Fear
Irshad Manji, author of The Trouble with Islam Today, discusses the challenges facing Muslim women in the West, and previews her new PBS documentary, “Faith Without Fear.”
The Trouble With Islam Today is available for purchase at amazon.com
Events: Irshad Manji will be in conversation with Lesley Stahl
Monday, March 5 at 5 pm
The Skylight Ballroom at the Puck Building
7th Floor
295 Lafayette Street
To reserve tickets, visit the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service’s website.
W.H. Auden's 100th Birthday
Edward Mendelson celebrates W.H. Auden’s poetic legacy on his centennial. Edward Mendelson is the editor of W.H. Auden Selected Poems, and is Auden’s literary executor.
Events: Edward Mendelson will participate in a tribute to W. H. Auden
Along with Shirley Hazzard, Oliver Sacks, J.D. McClatchy and others
Monday, March 5th at 8 pm
The 92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Selected Poems is available for purchase at amazon.com
Trying to Become a Mother
In Waiting for Daisy, Peggy Orenstein talks about the trials she went through for six years in order to become a mother.
Waiting for Daisy is available for purchase at amazon.com
Events: Peggy Orenstein will be reading and signing booksMonday, March 5 at 7pm
Upper West Side Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway, at 82nd Street
Jane Goodall on Science and Activism
Jane Goodall had no formal scientific training when she began studying chimpanzees in 1960. And yet she revolutionized primate studies. She joins her biographer Dale Peterson.
Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man is available for purchase at amazon.com
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