Leon Levy Center for Biography | Ancient Lives Panel: Thursday, December 15, 7 pm on Zoom Webinar @leonlevycenterforbiography8099 | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Ancient Lives Panel:
Francine Prose on Cleopatra, Peter Stothard on Crassus, James Romm on Demetrius
moderated by Daniel Mendelsohn
Thursday, December 15, 7 pm on Zoom Webinar
Join us for a celebration of Ancient Lives, Yale University Press's new series of biographies of thinkers, writers, kings, queens, conquerors, and politicians from all parts of the ancient world. The series launches with three titles: Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose; Demetrius: Sacker of Cities by James Romm; and Crassus: The First Tycoon by Peter Stothard.
The discussion will be moderated by Daniel Mendelsohn, whose books include An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic, The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, a translation of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy, and three collections of essays. His tenth book, Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate was published in 2020.
Francine Prose is the author of numerous books, including Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 and Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife. A Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College, she lives in New York.
James Romm, editor the Ancient Lives series, is an author, a reviewer, and the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College. His reviews and essays appear regularly in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Review of Books.
Peter Stothard is an author, journalist, and critic. He is a former editor of The Times of London and of the Times Literary Supplement. His latest book is The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar.
Ancient Lives Panel:
Francine Prose on Cleopatra, Peter Stothard on Crassus, James Romm on Demetrius
moderated by Daniel Mendelsohn
Thursday, December 15, 7 pm on Zoom Webinar
Join us for a celebration of Ancient Lives, Yale University Press's new series of biographies of thinkers, writers, kings, queens, conquerors, and politicians from all parts of the ancient world. The series launches with three titles: Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose; Demetrius: Sacker of Cities by James Romm; and Crassus: The First Tycoon by Peter Stothard.
The discussion will be moderated by Daniel Mendelsohn, whose books include An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic, The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, a translation of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy, and three collections of essays. His tenth book, Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate was published in 2020.
Francine Prose is the author of numerous books, including Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 and Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife. A Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College, she lives in New York.
James Romm, editor the Ancient Lives series, is an author, a reviewer, and the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College. His reviews and essays appear regularly in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Review of Books.
Peter Stothard is an author, journalist, and critic. He is a former editor of The Times of London and of the Times Literary Supplement. His latest book is The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar.
