An hour-long discussion of Hiroshima in the Morning, writing, Japan… on Heart of a Woman, Monday, 21st.
The Joy Behar Show, HLN/CNN, Monday, 21st, at 10 pm.
Daybreak, ITV (U.K. morning show) Thursday, 24th.
One to One, CUNY-TV, Monday, 28th, 7 am, 1 pm, 11 pm; April 3rd, 9 am. (Also streamed on YouTube)
The Gender Gap in Motherhood, The Huffington Post.
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It was a pleasure to talk about motherhood, care-taking and women’s choices on Gayle King’s show today on OWN radio. We didn’t stop chatting for a moment, even through the commercials!
From my article today on Salon:
“The question I am always asked is, “How could you leave your children?” How could you be the mother who walks away? As if my children were embedded inside me, even years after birth, and had to be surgically removed? As if I abandoned them on a desert island, amid flaming airplane debris and got into the lifeboat alone?”
Read the whole essay here.
From an interview on Cara Hoffman’s blog:
“When I went to Japan, I was looking for the textural details of the atomic bomb experience for a novel. Three months into my visit, September 11th happened, and the testimonies changed. The atomic bomb survivors were shaken by the attacks, just as the rest of the world was, and as a result, they began to remember differently – which is to say, they recovered buried details of loss, of pain, and of love. At that moment, the tables turned. I was no longer seeking them out for their help; they wanted to talk to me so that I could be a witness to their experiences and a repository of their memories, their lost family members, their suffering. It was an incredible honor, and I do feel like I wrote the book, in part, for them: as a testament to those moments of connection and their trust in me. That is the closest I come to political.”
For the whole interview, click here. And look out for Cara’s debut, So Much Pretty, coming from S&S on March 15th.
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A panel discussion and a reading before the awards ceremony. Here are the details. All open to the public.
NBCC Finalists in Conversation at The Graduate Center
March 08, 2011 7:00 pm
Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, CUNY Fifth Avenue
between 34th and 35th New York, NY
NBCC biography and autobiography finalists in conversation with biography chair Eric Banks and autobiography co chair Rigoberto Gonzalez. With biography finalists Sarah Bakewell and Yunte Huang, autobiography finalists Patti Smith, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, and others. Hosted by Brenda Wineapple.
National Book Critics Circle Awards: Finalists Reading, 6:00 PM
March 09, 2011 6:00 pm
The New School 66 West 12th St New York, NY