2013

2013 AUDIO

Audio recordings are available for the following sessions from BBF 2013:

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Writing Terror: An Exploration of Fear (BBF 2013 kick-off event): Wes Craven, Mary Louise Kelly, Jessica Stern, Valerie Plame Wilson, Host: Joe Klein

Meet the Medalists (BBF 2013 kids’ kick-off event): Jack Gantos, Kate DiCamillo, Rebecca Stead, Host: Megan Lambert

Art and Technology: Abelardo Morell, Clifford Ross, Host: Michael Hawley
BBF Unbound: Bring Your Nonprofit’s Story to Life: Paul Reynolds, Peter H. Reynolds, Erin Sunderland
BBF Unbound: Marriage and Divorce: Cynthia Copeland, Tom Matlack, Wendy Plump, Host: Sally Fay
BBF Unbound: The Plot Conjurers: Peter Abrahams, Linda Barnes, Mike Cooper, Sara J. Henry, Steve Ulfelder, Host: Hallie Ephron
BBF Unbound: World Literature for Kids: Jennifer Cusack, Jennifer Hanson
BBF Unbound: Writing About Health: Cheryl Alkon, Laurie Edwards
Being and Becoming: Identity in Fiction: Amity Gaige, Miriam Karmel, Jessica Keener, Host: Ann Kingman
Best American Sports Writing: Bill Littlefield, Nicole Pasulka, Jason Schwartz, Glenn Stout, Host: Bob Ryan
The Civil War: Thomas Fleming, Harold Holzer, Barbara Krauthamer, Brenda Wineapple, Host: Carol Bundy
Fiction: Americans Abroad: Christopher Castellani, Caleb Crain, Henriette Lazaridis Power, Russ Rymer, Host: Dawn Tripp
Fiction: Dirty, Crazy, Endless Love: Nicholson Baker, Andre Dubus III, Jamie Quatro, Host: James Wood
Fiction: Domestic Disturbances: George Harrar, Ann Leary, Tom Perrotta, J. Courtney Sullivan, Host: Robin Young
Fiction: Out of Darkness: Paul Harding, Ayana Mathis, Host: Kim McLarin
Foreign Policy: The 1950s as Prelude: William Keylor, Stephen Kinzer
The Great Gatsby: Revisualizing a 1920s Classic in 2013: Sam Wolfe Connelly
Happiness and Success: Francesca Gino, Michael Norton, Anthony Tjan, Host: Andrew McAfee
Heroes and Antiheroes: Chuck Klosterman, Claire Messud, Gregory Nagy, Host: Joseph Koerner
Herstory: Women in History: Carla Kaplan, Eve LaPlante, Megan Marshall, Host: Deborah Becker
Historical Fiction: Imagining the Past: Amy Brill, Michèle Forbes, Dennis McFarland, Julie Wu, Host: Michelle Hoover
Islam and Pakistan: Shahan Mufti, Host: Shahla Haeri
Kids’ Keynote: Tomie dePaola, Host: Anna Staniszewski
Lives in Law: Alan Dershowitz, Nancy Gertner, Host: Meghna Chakrabarti
Mapping Your Story: Michael Blanding
Memoir: Descendants: Eileen Rockefeller, Najla Said, Monica Wood, Host: Callie Crossley
Memoir: Husbands, Fathers, Sons: Alysia Abbott, Anthony D’Aries, Kim McLarin, Host: Anthony Brooks
Middle Grade: Graphic (Non)Fiction: Don Brown, Heidi Stemple, Maris Wicks, Jane Yolen, Host: Laura Koenig
Middle Grade: Read Your Own Adventure: Erin Dionne, Chris Grabenstein, Kathryn Lasky, Wendy Mass, Host: Elissa Gershowitz
Obsessives: Jason Anthony, Ty Burr, Margalit Fox, Joshua Kendall, Host: Tom Ashbrook
Our Boston: Mike Barnicle, Madeleine Blais, Leigh Montville, Lesley Visser, Host: Bob Oakes, Introduction: Gary Gentel
Page and Stage: Teen Spoken Word: Host: Regie Gibson
Readings in the Forum: Americana: Lisa Borders, Elizabeth Graver, JoeAnn Hart, Ladette Randolph, Host: Dawn Tripp
Readings in the Forum: Love and Hope: Douglas Bauer, Daphne Kalotay, Douglas Trevor, Host: Michelle Hoover
Readings in the Forum: Secrets and Lies: Andrew Goldstein, Douglas Kennedy, Randy Susan Meyers, Host: Dawn Tripp
Revision and Instinct: Holly LeCraw
The Rise and Fall of Nations: Noah Feldman, James Robinson, Host: Meghan O’Sullivan
Shakespeare and Leadership: Richard Olivier
The State of Cities: Vishaan Chakrabarti, Leigh Gallagher, Moses Gates, Anthony Townsend, Host: Jeremy Hobson
Stories on Stage: Youth Literacy Theatre, Hyde Square Task Force
Synthetic Biology: Designing Life: Emily Anthes, Juan Enriquez, Craig Venter, Host: Sacha Pfeiffer
True Crime: Kevin Cullen, Charles Graeber, Mirta Ojito, Nancy Jo Sales, Host: David Boeri
The Writing Life: Literary Biography: J. Michael Lennon, David Margolick, Rose Styron, Host: John Taylor (Ike) Williams
YA: Legends Revisited: Shelly Dickson Carr, Marissa Meyer, Maggie Stiefvater, Nancy Werlin, Host: Robin Brenner
YA: Other Worlds: Alexandra Coutts, Jessica Khoury, Lissa Price, Host: Maya Escobar

Audio is not available for the following sessions:

Keynote: Salman Rushdie, Host: Homi Bhabha

BBF Unbound: The Boston Marathon—Telling Tragedy’s Story: Carlos Arredondo, Kristen Daly, Sean Flynn, Scott Helman, Charles Krupa, Jenna Russell, Host: Kelley Tuthill
Flash Fiction Open Mic: Hosts: Ethan Gilsdorf, Steve Macone
Jack Gray: Pigeon in a Crosswalk: Jack Gray, Host: Jared Bowen
One City One Story: Rishi Reddi, Host: Alicia Anstead
Poems and Pints: Charles Coe, Susan Donnelly, X.J. Kennedy, Jan Schreiber
Poetry: Headliners: Frank Bidart, Mary Jo Salter
Poetry: Opening Session: Jonathan Galassi, Jennifer Militello, Vijay Seshadri
Poetry: Spoken Word: Regie Gibson, José Olivarez
Poetry: Voices of Cambridge: Lucie Brock-Broido, Stephen Burt, David Rivard
When Pictures Speak: Kelly DuMar
Writer Idol: Steve Almond, Sorche Fairbank, Lauren Macleod, Mitchell Waters, Host: Christopher Castellani
You’re the Expert: Myq Kaplan, Brendan Pelsue, Robert Woo, John Overholt, Host: Chris Duffy

2013 PRESENTERS

Alysia Abbott
Peter Abrahams
Cheryl Alkon
Steve Almond
Alicia Anstead
Emily Anthes
Jason Anthony
Carlos Arredondo
Tom Ashbrook
Nicholson Baker
Linda Barnes
Mike Barnicle
Douglas Bauer
Deborah Becker
Homi Bhabha
Frank Bidart
Madeleine Blais
Michael Blanding
David Boeri
Lisa Borders
Jared Bowen
Robin Brenner
Amy Brill
Lucie Brock-Broido
Anthony Brooks
Don Brown
Carol Bundy
Ty Burr
Stephen Burt
Shelly Dickson Carr
Christopher Castellani
Meghna Chakrabarti
Vishaan Chakrabarti
Charles Coe
Sam Wolfe Connelly
Mike Cooper
Cynthia Copeland
Alexandra Coutts
Caleb Crain
Wes Craven
Callie Crossley
Kevin Cullen
Jennifer Cusack
Kristen Daly
Anthony D’Aries
Tomie dePaola
Alan Dershowitz
Kate DiCamillo
Erin Dionne
Susan Donnelly
Andres Dubus III
Chris Duffy
Kelly DuMar
Laurie Edwards
Juan Enriquez
Hallie Ephron
Maya Escobar
Sorche Fairbank
Sally Fay
Noah Feldman
Thomas Fleming
Michèle Forbes
Margalit Fox
Marc Fucarile
Amity Gaige
Jonathan Galassi
Leigh Gallagher
Jack Gantos
Moses Gates
Gary Gentel
Elissa Gershowitz
Nancy Gertner
Regie Gibson
Ethan Gilsdorf
Francesca Gino
Andrew Goldstein
Chris Grabenstein
Charles Graeber
Elizabeth Graver
Jack Gray
Shahla Haeri
Jennifer Hanson
Paul Harding
George Harrar
JoeAnn Hart
Michael Hawley
Scott Helman
Sara J. Henry
Jeremy Hobson
Harold Holzer
Michelle Hoover
Daphne Kalotay
Carla Kaplan
Myq Kaplan
Miriam Karmel
Jessica Keener
Mary Louise Kelly
Joshua Kendall
Douglas Kennedy
X.J. Kennedy
William Keylor
Jessica Khoury
Ann Kingman
Stephen Kinzer
Joe Klein
Chuck Klosterman
Laura Koenig
Joseph Koerner
Barbara Krauthamer
Charles Krupa
Megan Lambert
Eve LaPlante
Kathryn Lasky
Ann Leary
Holly LeCraw
J. Michael Lennon
Bill Littlefield
Lauren MacLeod
Steve Macone
David Margolick
Megan Marshall
Wendy Mass
Ayana Mathis
Tom Matlack
Andrew McAfee
Dennis McFarland
Kim McLarin
Claire Messud
Marissa Meyer
Randy Susan Meyers
Jennifer Militello
Leigh Montville
Abelardo Morell
Shahan Mufti
Gregory Nagy
Michael Norton
Bob Oakes
Mirta Ojito
Jose Olivarez
Richard Olivier
Meghan O’Sullivan
John Overholt
Nicole Pasulka
Brendan Pelsue
Tom Perrotta
Sacha Pfeiffer
Wendy Plump
Henriette Lazaridis Power
Lissa Price
Jamie Quatro
Ladette Randolph
Rishi Reddi
Paul Reynolds
Peter Reynolds
David Rivard
James Robinson
Eileen Rockefeller
Eileen Rosenthal
Marc Rosenthal
Clifford Ross
Salman Rushdie
Jenna Russell
Bob Ryan
Russ Rymer
Najla Said
Nancy Jo Sales
Mary Jo Salter
Jan Schreiber
Jason Schwartz
Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Nijay Seshadri
Bob Shea
Anna Staniszewski
Rebecca Stead
Heidi Stemple
Jessica Stern
Maggie Stiefvater
Glenn Stout
Rose Styron
J. Courtney Sullivan
Erin Sunderland
Anthony K. Tjan
Anthony Townsend
Trevor Douglas
Dawn Tripp
Kelley Tuthill
Steve Ulfelder
Craig Venter
Lesley Visser
Mitchell Waters
Nancy Werlin
Maris Wicks
John Taylor (Ike) Williams
Valerie Plame Wilson
Brenda Wineapple
Robert Woo
James Wood
Monica Wood
Julie Wu
Jane Yolen
Robin Young
Youth Literacy Theatre

2013 SLIDE SHOW

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