Last year, I asked every Chautauqua and Literary Scientific Circle author I interviewed what book they would want with them if they were on a desert island. I was fascinated by the responses, and so I decided to ask every CLSC author this year a different question: What book changed their life?
People are incredibly familiar with one of the most dominant and invasive species on Earth: Homo sapiens. Humans continually test…
The idea of “peace in the Middle East” is one that might seem far off today, but it wasn’t the…
Regular Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Roundtable attendees who were expecting to see Anthony Doerr in the Hall of Philosophy…
The 33 miners trapped 2,300 feet underground in the Copiapó, Chile, mining accident of 2010 faced an unbearable burden. In…
When people think of massive ships sinking at the turn of the 20th century, their thoughts might first go to the RMS Titanic, forever immortalized by James Cameron’s blockbuster movie, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio’s star-making performances and the tin whistle solo from Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On.”
Nobody puts Emily St. John Mandel in a corner. Her first three novels often get classified as crime novels or…
When someone dies, people often struggle to find the right words to honor them. But when Anne Fadiman’s student Marina…
The United States is a nation made up of immigrants and their descendants: a combination of different people, places and…
When Jon Krakauer received his invitation to speak at Chautauqua, he thought he might walk there. Krakauer currently resides in…
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