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Kentucky Author Forum honors previous guest Senator John McCain

Sen. John McCain, Former Presidential Nominee And Prisoner Of War, Dies At 81 Watch Senator John McCain with Robert Siegel here. Four-term U.S. Senator (R-AZ) and decorated Vietnam veteran John McCain has built a reputation for…

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John Feinstein Interviewed by Mike Tirico

John Feinstein is the author of 35 books, including two #1 New York Times Bestsellers: A Season on the Brink and A Good Walk Spoiled.

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Malcolm Nance and Ned Price Speak at U of L Event

Kentucky Author Forum guests Malcolm Nance and Ned Price featured in inaugural conversation for U of L’s Office of Thought Leadership & Civic Engagement.

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The Mind Meld of Bill Gates and Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker was the guest of the Author Forum in May, 2012, celebrating the publication of his book The Better Angels of Our Nature.

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Review of Trumpocracy by David Frum

The reviews are in – The New York Times and The Courier-Journal give their thoughts on David Frum's book Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic.

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Kentucky Author Forum Finalist for CINE Golden Eagle award

University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum and KET are proud to announce that the 2016 Forum program featuring E. J. Dionne, of The Washington Post, in conversation with James Fallows, of The Atlantic, has been honored by the 60th CINE Golden…

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Colson Whitehead wins 2017 Pulitzer Prize for fiction

Re-watch our December 2016 interview between Colson Whitehead and Isaac Fitzgerald from Buzzfeed here.

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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…

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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.