http://bookgrouptv.com Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:36:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How many ways can Shakespeare be played?  Well, this way will be the funniest you've ever seen. Participating Authors: Reed Martin, Austin Tichenor http://bookgrouptv.com/reduced-shakespeare-company-performance/2009/01/28/ One person's morality is another person's evil.  How do we know our principles are virtuous?  And how can we be so sure that people who seem evil are that different from us? Participating Authors: Andre Dubus III, Susanne Pari, Diana Spechler http://bookgrouptv.com/write-or-wrong-the-unreliable-narrator-defines-virtue/2009/01/28/ How are we touched by the death of a loved one?  What does grief do to us?  How can literature help us? Participating Authors: Julia Glass, Lauren Zina John, Ann Packer, Irvin D. Yalom, M.D. http://bookgrouptv.com/now-that-youre-gone-grief-seeks-solace/2009/01/28/ What are the lessons we can learn from our historically malevolent attitude toward witchcraft? Can this attitude of fear, ignorance, and a thirst for control be found in our societies today? Participating Authors: Brunonia Barry, Michelle Gagnon, Kathleen Kent, Erika Mailman http://bookgrouptv.com/which-witch-is-which-covens-and-other-cliques/2009/01/28/ Gospel music from Sharon D. Henderson and Friends, a light breakfast, and a diverse group of inspirational authors with messages of optimism, faith, and hope. Participating Authors: Sam Barry, Kristin Billerbeck, Sharon Henderson, Van Jones, Garth Stein http://bookgrouptv.com/go-tell-it-on-the-mountain-an-inspirational-celebration-sponsored-by-harperone/2009/01/28/ All was great and wonderful until… Participating Authors: Jane Ganahl, Diane Hammond, Haider Ala Hamoudi, David Sheff http://bookgrouptv.com/coulda-woulda-shouldaregrets-and-reinventions/2008/12/16/ Shakespeare still influences writers and readers, even as he becomes more challenging to understand. No worries. Learn about King Lear by comparing him to Robert Mondavi. Find out about the Bard's extravagantly-plotted murders through the deeds of a modern killer, and search for a 400-year-old lost manuscript. Participating Authors: Kirsten Brandt, ... http://bookgrouptv.com/where-theres-a-will/2008/12/16/ Friendships that profoundly and immeasurably alter us and our lives. Participating Authors: Annie Barrows, Ron Carlson, Frances Dinkelspiel, Kate Jacobs, Deborah Copaken Kogan http://bookgrouptv.com/come-together-self-discovery-through-friendship/2008/12/11/ The nature of democracy, it's possibilities, and the hilariousness of people who strive for it. Participating Authors: Will Durst, Jeff Golden, Susan Griffin, Sedge Thomson This literary salon was one of 22 literary salons featured at the 2008 book group expo. book group expo is a place where serious readers have serious fun. http://bookgrouptv.com/testing/2008/11/16/