literature

Managing Chaos: Adventures in Alternative Media 10/03/2024

Meghan O'Rourke, CCTV, hosts a conversation with Greg Guma and Robin Lloyd about the new book Managing Chaos: Adventures in Alternative Media. It is an eye-witness account that explores the unique, tumultuous history of Pacifica radio and alternative media in America.

An Evening with Mohammed Hasan Alwan 10/06/2017

The prize-winning novelist visits Burlington, Vermont, for a reception and a conversation about his writing with moderator Tina Escaja.

On the Waterfront: A Conversation with Writer Bill Schubart 09/20/2017

Melinda Moulton sits down with Author Bill Schubart in September's episode. Bill Schubart has lived with his family in Vermont since 1947. He writes about Vermont in fiction, humor, and opinion pieces.

For more information on Bill visit schubart.com

Art & Activism - The Poetry Show: The Poetry Show 09/14/2017

Host Kylie Daly discusses books by local authors:

A Guide to the Western Slope and the Outlying Areas by Roger Lebovitz

Everyone Lives Here by Sharon Webster

My Experience With Open Mike & What Else Is On My Mind by Chai Gang

Almandal Grimoire: The Book as Magical Object by Genese Grill

For more information visit www.avilix.org and sossblogdotcom.wordpress.com.

Positively Vermont: Vermont Humanities Council - First Wednesdays Series 01/03/2014

Host Dennis McMahon speaks with Penny Pillsbury, Library Director of the Brownell Library in Essex Junction, on the First Wednesday lecture series sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council. For more information, contact Brownell Library at 802.878.6955 or contact the Vermont Humanities Council at 802.262.2626 or info@vermonthumanities.org, or visit www.vermonthumanities.org.

Essex Junction First Wednesdays listing
http://www.vermonthumanities.org/WhatWeDo/FirstWednesdays/FirstWednesdaysBurlington/tabid/164/Default.aspx

LOVE and WAR: Boston 2013, Portraits of 3 Writers, Paula Bennett, Wilfred Samuels, Cigdem y Mirol 06/25/2013

Meghan O’Rourke of Ch 17 interviews Margaret Harrington prior to showing the LOVE and WAR video. The time frame is after the Boston Marathon Bombing and before revelation of unwarranted NSA Surveillance of people’s personal communications.

Make Books Not War: Jane Addams Children's Book Awards 06/05/2013

Make Books Not War: The Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards. A visit to Hull House, Chicago, the cradle of social democracy.

Megan O’Rourke of Ch 17 interviews Margaret Harrington of the Jane Addams Peace Association.

Positively Vermont: Jane Austen Society of North America 03/17/2011

Host Dennis McMahon speaks with Deb Barnum, Vermont Regional Coordinator of the Jane Austen Society of North America. The Jane Austen Society of North America is dedicated to the enjoyment and appreciation of Jane Austen and her writing. JASNA is a nonprofit organization staffed by volunteers, with approximately 4,000 members and over 60 regional groups in the United States and Canada. Its members, who are of all ages and from diverse walks of life, share an enjoyment of Austen’s fiction and the company of like-minded readers.