Book Salon

Roger Romani discusses "The Martian" by Andy Weir for Book Salon 2015 - 2016.

Listen to Professor Stephen Palumbi discuss his book 'The Extreme Life of the Sea' for Book Salon 2014 - 2015. (05/01/2015)

Helen Brooks discussing Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Professor Zephyr Frank discussing The Death of Artemio Cruz

Clayborne Carson in a discussion on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah

Listen to Professor Anthony Marra discuss his debut novel: A powerful story of love and the connections we make with one another that can transcend the world around us, even in wartime.

Listen to Professor Ari Kelman discuss ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma’ for Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (3/1/2014)

Listen to author, Professor Tanya Luhrmann describe her book, ‘When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God’ for the Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (9/1/2013)

Listen to Professor Noah Diffenbaugh discuss ‘Flight Behavior’ for Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (4/1/2014)

Listen to author, lecturer Scott Hutchins describe his book, ‘A Working Theory of Love’ for Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (9/1/2013)

Listen to Professor Peggy Phelan discuss ‘The Bluest Eye’ for the Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (02/1/2014)

Listen to Professor Eamonn Callan discuss ‘That They May Face the Rising Sun’ for Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (01/1/2014)

Listen to Professor Elaine Treharne discuss ‘People of the Book’ for Book Salon 2013-2014 season. (5/1/2014)

Join Stanford alumni for a lively discussion of techno-romance: A Working Theory of Love led by author, Scott Hutchins.

Listen to author, Professor Alice LaPlante describe her book, 'Turn of Mind' for the Book Salon 2012-2013 season. (9/1/2012)

Listen to Professor Gabriella Safran discuss 'Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories' for Book Salon 2012-2013. (11/1/2012)

Listen to Professor John Bender discuss 'Emma' for Book Salon 2012-2013. (1/1/2013)

Listen to Professor Nancy Ruttenburg discuss 'Crime and Punishment' for Book Salon 2012-2013. (1/1/2013)

Listen to Professor Gavin Jones discuss 'The Great Gatsby' for Book Salon 2012-2013. (1/1/2013)

Listen to Professor Steven Carter discuss 'Black Rain' for Book Salon 2012-2013. (1/1/2013)

Listen to Professor Helen Stacy discuss 'Any Human Heart' for Book Salon 2012-2013.

Lecturer Jennifer Wolf introduces the young adult novel "The Hunger Games" to members of the Stanford Book Salon community. (May 1, 2012) r

Claire Jarvis, assistant professor of English, introduces "Great Expectations" to the Stanford Book Salon community. A scholar of Victorian literature, she discusses why this classic novel holds up to re-reading. (March 1, 2012)

Adam Johnson introduces "Pyongyang" to the Stanford Book Salon community. He discusses why he chose this book and conveys important themes for readers to explore. (February 6, 2012)

Scotty McLennan introduces "Jasmine" to the Stanford Book Salon community. He discusses why he chose this book and conveys important themes for readers to explore. (January 6, 2012)

Professor Eavan Boland introduces the book "Testament of Youth" to members of Stanford Book Salon community. (November 1, 2011)

Professor Abraham Verghese introduces his novel "Cutting for Stone" to members of Stanford Book Salon community. (September 22, 2011)

Harry Elam hosts the September 2010 Book Salon discussion on Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. He brings up many of the books themes, most prominently its commentary on race and how it applies in modern times. (September 2010)

Stanford Professor of Writing and Rhetoric discusses Marjane Satrapi's political graphic novel Persepolis. (October 25, 2009)

Charlie Junkerman, Stanford Associate Provost and Dean of Continuing Studies, discusses Brian Friel's play, Dancing at Lughnasa, in context of cultural, community, political, religious, and feminist relations. (May 28, 2009)

associate provost and dean of continuing studies Charlie Junkerman introduces readers to Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel. (May 2009)

English Professor Elizabeth Tallent introduces readers to Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro. (March 2009)

Valerie Miner introduces the book salon group to "Orpheus Lost," by Janette Turner Hospital. (February 2009)

Martin Evans introduces the book salon group to "The Quiet American," by Graham Greene. (January 2009)

Stanford English Professor, Martin Evans, examines the once controversial novel "The Quiet American" by Graham Green, with Stanford alumni. (January 28, 2009)

Rick Banks introduces the book salon group to Barack Obama's "Dreams from My Father." (November 2008)

Dana Gioia, guest host, introduces the book salon group to The Poetry of Robert Frost. (September 2008)

The Book Salon group discusses Philip Roth's The Plot Against America with David Kerns. (March 31, 2008)

Tamar Herzog, faculty host, introduces the book salon group to Shadow of the Wind. (November 2007)

David Kerns, faculty host, introduces the book salon group to The Plot Against America. (March 2008)

Albert Gelpi, faculty host, introduces the book salon group to The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers. (February 2008)

Blakey Vermeule, faculty host, introduces the book salon group to Elizabeth Costello. (January 2008)

The Book Salon group discusses Carlos Ruiz Zafón's The Shadow of the Wind with Tamar Herzog. (December 5, 2007)

The Book Salon group discusses Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose with Nancy Packer.

Nancy Packer introduces Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose.

English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews guest reader and A.C.T. creative director, Carey Perloff, '80, about Arcadia, by Tom Stoppard.

English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interview Rob Polhemus, chairman of the English department, about Atonement, Ian McEwan.

English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews guest reader Marie Earl, '78, MLA '98, about Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie; translated from the French by Ina Rilke.

Marie Earl, '78, MLA '98, interviews Scotty McLennan, dean for religious life at Stanford, about Brick Lane, by Monica Ali.

English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews guest reader Adam Johnson, Jones Lecturer in the Program in Creative Writing at Stanford, about Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, by ZZ Packer.

English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Larry Friedlander, professor of English literature and theater, about Genesis: Translation and Commentary,by Robert Alter.