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| 2013 | A Conversation on the Classics |
Rebecca Mead Gary Shteyngart
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David Remnick (moderator) |
| 2012 | The Making of the Making of a President: Politics as Art | John Heilemann, Danny Strong | Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. |
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2011 |
New York Then and Now:1911-2011 |
Nora Ephron |
Hermione Lee |
| 2010 | All Eyes on Her: The Queen Mother and the 20th Century | William Shawcross | Amanda Foreman (interviewer) |
| 2009 | Not For Children Only | Mary Ann Hoberman Salman Rushdie |
Chris Van Allsburg Adam Gopnik (moderator) |
| 2008 | A Funny Thing Happened at the Library | Jenny Allen Andy Borowitz Ian Frazier |
Fran Lebowitz Calvin Trillin David Remnick (moderator) |
| 2007 | The French Connection | Adam Gopnik Simon Schama |
Caroline Weber Joan Juliet Buck (moderator) |
| 2006 | Memoir: Truth? Consequences? | Mary Karr Frank McCourt Robert MacNeil (moderator) |
J.R. Moehringer Jeannette Walls |
| 2005 | Starting Over, Glancing Back: The Immigrant Experience in Literature | Gish Jen Jhumpa Lahiri |
Gary Shteyngart Dick Cavett (moderator) |
| 2004 | Love, Lust and Literature | Michael Cunningham Azar Nafisi |
Shirley Hazzard Jonathan Galassi |
| 2003 | My Country 'tis of Thee: Defining American Identity | Joan Juliet Buck Chuck Close Lee Cullum |
Russell Simmons Harold Evans (moderator) |
| 2002 | America: What's Next? | Michael Beschloss Jamaica Kincaid Jim Hoagland |
Nicholas Lemann Jim Lehrer (moderator) |
| 2001 | The New Money: A Cultural Transformation | Barbara Taylor Bradford Ron Chernow James B. Stewart |
Wendy Wasserstein Paula Zahn (moderator) |
| 2000 | Celebrity: Our Cultural Obsession | Marie Brenner Dominick Dunne Neal Gabler |
Walter Isaacson Diane Sawyer (moderator) |
| 1999 | Millennium: The Search for Meaning | Thomas Cahill Peter John Gomes Francine du Plessix Gray |
Burton Visotzky Charles Osgood (moderator) |
| 1998 | What's Cooking? Food in Life and Literature | Isabel Allende Ruth Reichl Calvin Trillin |
Alice Waters Sally Quinn (moderator) |
| 1997 | Why Jane Austen? Why Now? The Classics Return | Russell Baker David Denby Ismail Merchant |
Daphne Merkin Roger Rosenblatt (moderator) |
| 1996 | New York, New York | Ken Auletta E.L. Doctorow Dominick Dunne |
Kitty Carlisle Hart Harold Evans (moderator) |
| 1995 | America the Courtroom | Floyd Abrams Linda Fairstein Terry Moran |
Jeffrey Toobin Charles R. Nesson (moderator) |
| 1994 | The Play's the Thing | Tony Kushner Terrence McNally Wendy Wasserstein |
August Wilson A. R. Gurney (moderator) |
| 1993 | The First 85 Days: The Changing of the Guard | Tom Brokaw Tom Wicker Gary Wills |
Judy Woodruff Charlie Rose (moderator) |
| 1992 | Two Sexes Separated By a Common Language | Erica Jong Robert MacNeil Sally Quinn |
Roger Rosenblatt Liz Smith (moderator) |
| 1991 | Can You Believe Everything You Read? | Don Hewitt Hugh Sidey |
Doris Kearns Goodwin Kati Marton James Hoge (moderator) |
| 1990 | Censored: Writers Under Attack | Judy Blume Kitty Kelley Gay Talese |
Bob Woodward Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. (moderator) |
| 1989 | Intimate Relations: Writers Reflect on Their Parents | Haywood Hale Broun Susan Cheever Jonathan Schwartz |
Sara Lawrence Lightfoot Robert MacNeil (moderator) |
| 1988 | Funny Bone in the Politic | Roy Blount, Jr. Tom Brokaw Pat Oliphant |
Mark Shields Liz Smith (moderator) |
| 1986 | American Perspectives: A Discussion of Where We Came From/Where We Are | Rita Mae Brown James Carroll Pat Conroy |
J. Anthony Lukas Cynthia Ozick Donna Shalala (moderator) |
| 1985 | High Crimes and Misdemeanors | Shana Alexander Mary Higgins Clark Tony Hillerman |
Gregory McDonald Robert Parker Calvin Trillin (moderator) |
| 1984 | Other People's Lives: The Look at the World of Biography | Robert Caro Robert Massie Nancy Milford |
Paul Nagel David McCullogh (moderator) |
| 1983 | Books Into Reels: The Author's Experience | E.L. Doctorow Judith Rossner |
William Styron Brendan Gill (moderator) |
| 1982 | Laugh at the Library | Russell Baker Peter DeVries Nora Ephron |
Fran Lebowitz Thomas Meehan Calvin Trillin (moderator) |
| 1981 | Two Countries Separated By a Common Language | David B. Guralnik Rosemary Harris Alan Pryce-Jones |
Samuel S. Vaughn William F. Buckley, Jr |
July. NYPL Art and Architecture Collection.
One of 700,000 pictures in the NYPL Digital Gallery