Charleston Literary Festival

Schedule:

12:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. With Joan Robinson Berry
We Are The Leaders We Have Been Looking For
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. discusses his new book - a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary people can break loose from their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and assume individual responsibility for a more just and perfect democracy. The New York Times bestselling author and distinguished professor of African-American Studies at Princeton draws from the lives and work of James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Toni Morrison (among others) to inspire ordinary citizens towards greater social impact.

2:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Katherine Bucknell With Bill Goldstein
Christopher Isherwood: Inside Out
Born the heir to a crumbling English estate, Christopher Isherwood, best remembered for his semi-autobiographical 1939 novel, Goodbye To Berlin, which inspired the musical Cabaret, died an icon of gay liberation in California. His 1964 novel, A Single Man, was made into a period romantic film by designer Tom Ford. He might also be known as the only person in recorded history who turned down an invitation to Truman Capote’s legendary 1966 Black and White Ball. Katherine Bucknell discusses Isherwood’s life and legacy with Bill Goldstein, author of the forthcoming biography of Larry Kramer.  

4:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
David W. Blight With Richard Brodhead
Yale And Slavery
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, David W. Blight, answers the call to investigate Yale University’s historical involvement with the slave trade and abolition. His findings take the form of a compelling narrative account of the role of slavery in the university’s past, based on the premise that the history of Yale is aligned with the history of the United States, and therefore American slavery. He considers the implications of his findings with Richard Brodhead, former Dean of Yale College and Emeritus President of Duke University.

6:00 p.m
Dock Street Theatre - $30
Maurice Samuels With Adam Gopnik
Alfred Dreyfus: The Man At The Center Of The Affair
In France, 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus’s treason charge - for passing secret documents to the enemy - split the country, dividing families (including that of Proust), friends, and artists; such as Claude Monet, who was pro Dreyfus, and Paul Cézanne, who was anti. Emile Zola’s famous manifesto J’accuse was written to rally the country in favor of Dreyfus. Although Dreyfus was eventually exonerated when the true culprit confessed, the Dreyfus Affair’s repercussions continued to echo around the world. Maurice Samuels, Director of the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism, discusses the significance of the Dreyfus Affair with Adam Gopnik, New Yorker essayist and author.  In collaboration with the 275th Anniversary of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE)

8:00 p.m
Dock Street Theater - $30
Griffin Dunne With Marie Brenner
The Friday Afternoon Club
An instant New York Times bestseller, Griffin Dunne discusses his warm, dramatic, and moving family story - full of twists and turns growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan, including his Aunt Joan Didion and close friend Carrie Fisher. At the core of his memoir is the heart-breaking story of the murder of his younger sister and the controversial court case that followed. He will be in conversation with Vanity Fair journalist and author Marie Brenner, who played a part in his story.