I had the opportunity once, a long time ago, to meet the author Russell Banks. You may have read any number of his books, like Affliction, The Sweet Hereafter, or Cloudsplitter. I met him through the Writers' Series at St. Lawrence University, which is an excellent program for aspiring writers to meet literary successes, and which also feeds a writer's real addiction: reading.
Over at the Library of Congress, they are kind of into reading and writing too. Surprised? Not exactly, I'll bet. But I was surprised, while researching podcasts, to find The National Book Festival. This is an annual festival organized by the LOC, free and open to the public. It's next on my librarian initiation activities wishlist. Here is the link to Russell Banks' remarks at this year's festival.
http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/bookfest11/podcast_banks.html
Oh, and also here is one from David McCollough, incidentally, a tremendous historian. ww.loc.gov/podcasts/bookfest11/podcast_mccullough.html
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