Former GREAT PODVERSATIONS guest, Michael R. Jackson wins Best Musical at the 2022 Tony Awards

Podcast guest Michael R. Jackson wins Tony for A Strange Loop

John Glenn at the Kentucky Author Forum

The former astronaut and senator passed away December 8th.  Here, the author of the autobiography John Glenn: A Memoir, was interviewed by Lou Dobbs, CEO of Space.com. This is a KET production taped at The Kentucky Center. Click here for…

Colson Whitehead

Praising Colson Whitehead, John Updike wrote: “Whitehead’s writing does what writing should do; it refreshes our sense of the world.” 
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ISAAC FITZGERALD

Buzzfeed's Book Editor ISAAC FITZGERALD interviewed COLSON WHITEHEAD, author of The Underground Railroad, at the Kentucky Center on December 5, 2016. LISTEN HERE or on your favorite podcast app Isaac Fitzgerald is author of Knives &…

John Lewis and Colson Whitehead win National Book Awards

The 67th National Book Awards were presented on Nov. 16 in New York City, where authors of fiction, nonfiction, young people’s literature and poetry convened to celebrate the art of writing.  

Buzzfeed’s Isaac Fitzgerald to interview Colson Whitehead on December 5th

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and been given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. He is the editor of BuzzFeed Books and co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and…

Sebastian Junger and Joe Klein salute local vets

The Kentucky Author Forum featuring Sebastian Junger and Joe Klein, focusing on Junger's new book TRIBE  had a picture made at the end of the interview of all in audience who had served their country in the military.  What a wonderful eve…

Sebastian Junger

Sebastian Junger, author of War and The Perfect Storm, investigates how we overcome trauma and seek something bigger than ourselves.
JOE KLEIN, political columnist for TIME, interviewed SEBASTIAN JUNGER, author of Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging (Twelve) at the Kentucky Center on September 21, 2016. LISTEN HERE or wherever you get your podcasts Joe Klein is TIME's…

KAF Guest Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad available today

Nobody could wait for Colson Whitehead’s new book — including Oprah, so here it is, a month early. In a surprise announcement Tuesday morning, Winfrey chose “The Underground Railroad” as the next title for Oprah’s Book Club. Originally…

Announcing our Fall 2016 Season!

We are pleased to announce these author guests in our upcoming 2016-17 season at The Kentucky Center: Sebastian Junger, author of Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging Interviewed by TIME Magazine's Joe Klein Wednesday, September 21,…

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