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Author Jodi Picoult joins host Sophie Gee to record an episode of Gee’s "Secret Life of Books" podcast and discuss Shakespeare, the Renaissance and Picoult’s new book, "By Any Other Name."
Registration requested, but not required. Those who register will be admitted first when doors open at 1 p.m. The line for seating will begin at 12:30 p.m. Remaining seats will be filled at 1:20 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis.
The episode, "When a Woman Holds the Quill," will take a deep dive into William Shakespeare's "Othello," "Taming of the Shrew", "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet," and why Jodi Picoult believes Emilia Lanier was involved as a secret writer.
Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 29 novels, including "By Any Other Name," "Mad Honey" (co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan), "Wish You Were Here," "The Book of Two Ways," "A Spark of Light," "Small Great Things," "Leaving Time," and "My Sister’s Keeper," and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, "Between the Lines" and "Off the Page." She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.
Sophie Gee teaches in the English Department at Princeton. She’s also Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Sydney, where she’s engaged in building the public value of the humanities. She’s the author of scholarly monographs and a historical novel and co-hosts the globally successful "Secret Life of Books" podcast. She writes for many publications including The New York Times, the TLS and the Sydney Morning Herald.
About the the "Secret Life of Books" Podcast:
Every book has two stories: the one it tells, and the one it hides. The Secret Life of Books is a fascinating, addictive, often shocking, occasionally hilarious weekly podcast starring Sophie Gee, an English professor at Princeton University, and Jonty Claypole, formerly director of arts at the BBC. Every week these virtuoso critics and close friends take an iconic book and reveal the hidden story behind the story: who made it, their clandestine motives, the undeclared stakes, the scandalous backstory and above all the secret, mysterious meanings of books we thought we knew.
This is a podcast for readers and book groups, students and teachers of literature, but it’s also for fans of history and biography, and anyone who’s excited by dazzling, deeply knowledgeable minds working hard and having the time of their lives.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Panels | Author Talks | *Registration Requested |
