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Writers on a New England Stage: Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is often credited for expanding the audience for comics beyond white, teenage boys with his Sandman series. But he is also a true multi-media phenom, a filmmaker, (now) recording artist,...

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Writers on a New England Stage: David McCullough

David McCullough is widely known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning writing on great leaders and American politics, in books such as Truman and John Adams. In his newest work he turns his focus to...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Ben Mezrich

This segment was produced by Shannon Dooling.The controversial author and self-proclaimed inventor of a new genre of literary non-fiction, Ben Mezrich's bestselling books include Bringing Down the...

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Elizabeth Gilbert Grows Up

Elizabeth Gilbert reads from her new book, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Piece with Marriage, and talks about her relationship, skipping yoga in the mornings, and why Pamela Anderson is a great...

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Writers on a New England Stage - Chuck Palahniuk

Novelist Chuck Palahniuk of Fight Club fame reads his funny but disturbing short story, Romance, then discusses 12 step programs, Occupy Wall Street, and his latest novel Damned with WoM host Virginia...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews is best known for his opinionated and combative style on his MSNBC program, "Hardball with Chris Matthews." What's lesser known is that he's a former print journalist, was a long-time...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Stephen King

Author Stephen King has written more than 50 worldwide best-sellers. More than 80 feature and television film adaptations have extended King’s reach far beyond the bestsellers list, earning him the...

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Ann Patchett: Write What You Know Only If It's Interesting

Ann Patchett's new novel, State of Wonder, is topping all the big reading lists right now. She reads from the book, tells a terrifying true story about her close encounter with an anaconda, and has a...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Erik Larson

Bestselling author Erik Larson, discussing “In the Garden of Beasts” live at the Portsmouth Music Hall for the Writers on a New England Stage Series. The book is set in Berlin, 1933; the year Hitler...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Dan Brown

International bestselling author Dan Brown talks about science, religion, and life after the Da Vinci Code at a benefit performance for Writers on a New England Stage, live from the Music Hall in...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Anna Quindlen

Anyone who’s read Anna Quindlen’s Pulitzer Prize winning op-eds, or wildly popular  columns in the New York Times knows that she doesn’t hold back from pointed commentary on topics from politics to...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Joan Didion

Produced with Emma RuddockJoan Didion, one of America’s most admired writers, recorded live at the music hall in Portsmouth. Slouching Towards Bethlehem, her 1968 collection of non-fiction established...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Chris Cleave

Chris Cleave is a columnist for the UK's Guardian newspaper and author of Incendiary and Little Bee. Cleave's latest novel, Gold, is a vast departure. The plot follows the bitter rivalry and fraught...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Salman Rushdie

Today, prize-winning author Salman Rushdie enjoys a life in the public eye and a literary career rife with accolades, using his work to examine the cultural connection - and disconnection -  between...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Jeffrey Toobin

As senior legal analyst for CNN, staff writer for the New Yorker, and the author of The Nine, Jeffrey Toobin knows more than a few things about and more than a few people inside the United States...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is often credited for expanding the audience for comics beyond white, teenage boys with his Sandman series. But he is also a true multi-media phenom, a filmmaker, (now) recording artist,...

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Writers on a New England Stage: David McCullough

David McCullough is widely known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning writing on great leaders and American politics, in books such as Truman and John Adams. In his newest work he turns his focus to...

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Writers on a New England Stage: Ben Mezrich

This segment was produced by Shannon Dooling.The controversial author and self-proclaimed inventor of a new genre of literary non-fiction, Ben Mezrich's bestselling books include Bringing Down the...

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Elizabeth Gilbert Grows Up

Elizabeth Gilbert reads from her new book, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Piece with Marriage, and talks about her relationship, skipping yoga in the mornings, and why Pamela Anderson is a great...

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Writers on a New England Stage - Chuck Palahniuk

Novelist Chuck Palahniuk of Fight Club fame reads his funny but disturbing short story, Romance, then discusses 12 step programs, Occupy Wall Street, and his latest novel Damned with WoM host Virginia...

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