The Mount will hold a two-day celebration, Friday and Saturday, in honor of the 30th year of conversations on writers and writing in The Mount’s summer lecture series.
Favorite speakers from past years, including former ABC News correspondent and bestselling author Kati Marton, will return for a lineup of moderated discussions on the timeless themes of Edith Wharton, Women and War. Spend an evening under the stars with award-winning biographers and historians celebrating 30 years of memorable lectures at The Mount.
Friday, June 30 at 4 p.m. – This afternoon, Wharton specialists and literary experts Jennifer Haytock, Sheila Liming and Nathan Wolff share their views on why Edith Wharton’s writings remain relevant today, moderated by Wharton scholar and Barnard College American Studies Chair Jennie Kassanoff.
Saturday, July 1 at 11 a.m. – Panel Discussion on Women, Moderated by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina: Sylvia Plath, Louisa May Alcott, and Gertrude Stein authorities Heather Clark, John T. Matteson, and Barbara Will compare notes on the challenge and pleasure of writing the lives of women ahead of their time, moderated by former host of WAMC’s The Book Show and Guggenheim fellow, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina.
Saturday, July 1 at 2 p.m. – Panel Discussion on War, Moderated by Kati Marton, with Washington Post columnist Max Boot, international affairs journalist Anne Nelson, and New York Times contributor Ted Widmer share their war-reporting experiences and observations on ongoing global conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, moderated by former ABC news bureau chief and Angela Merkel biographer Kati Marton.
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