Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - Nick McDonell, Yale Writers' Series, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 101

"McDonell's third novel ... introduces a spy who could have easily walked off the pages of le Carré's better works ... Teak is the most attractive fictional spy in quite some time . . . one hopes this isn't [his] only appearance." -Publishers Weekly

Chace Crawford stars in Twelve (due out Summer 2010). Twelve is the first novel by Nick McDonell.

Tuesday, June 10th, 7:00 p.m.
Writer Richard Price at Yale
Following a screening of The Wire, Suzanne O'Malley will be moderating a conversation with Richard Price. Listen to the podcast. (Coming soon.)

Saturday, June 14th, 1:00 p.m.
International Festival of Arts and Ideas
How are we to contend with the moral compromises demanded by a technologically empowered state seeking to make life safe for its citizens-and itself?
1pm: Fahrenheit 451 (1966, dir. Francois Truffaut)
3pm: Panel
4pm: Minority Report (2002, dir. Steven Spielberg)
Moderator: Suzanne O'Malley
Panelist: A.O. Scott (The New York Times)
Panelist: Jack Womack