David Michaelis
in conversation with André Bernard
July 28, 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join author André Bernard, vice president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, in conversation with three masters of the nonfiction narrative, all unquestionably at the top of their literary game!
July 28, 4 pm: David Michaelis, author of six books, including the national bestsellers N.C. Wyeth, Schulz and Peanuts, and, most recently, Eleanor, a breakthrough portrait of America’s longest-serving First Lady and one of the most widely admired and influential women.
August 11, 4 pm: Stacy Schiff, hailed as “perhaps the most seductive writer of nonfiction prose in America,” her six biographies include Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize, Cleopatra: A Life, and Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, a revelatory biography of arguably the most essential Founding Father that was named one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best 10 Books of 2022.
July 7, 4 pm: Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, whose recent titles include The Perfectionists, Land, and the newly released Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic, an all-encompassing look at learning and the human mind.
The Mount is a Massachusetts Cultural Council UP designated organization welcoming participants of all disabilities. Please contact The Mount at 413-551-5100 or by email, info@edithwharton.org, to discuss accommodations needed to participate fully in this event.
Thanks to our sponsors:
- $25 Members, $30 General Admission; Free for graduate, undergraduate students & children 18 and under.
- A book signing and refreshments follow the talk.
- All events take place in the Stable auditorium unless otherwise stated. We look forward to seeing you rain or shine!
- Books are available for purchase through The Mount's Bookstore before and during the event.
- August 11, 4 pm: Stacy Schiff
Buy your books through The Mount's bookshop.org page!
Biographies
David Michaelis is the author of three nationally bestselling biographies: Elinor (2020), Schultz and Peanuts (2007), N. C. Wyeth (1998). His work has appeared in Best American Essays, The American Scholar, Vanity Fair, AirMail, and other publications. He lives in Westchester County with his wife, the executive life coach Nancy Steiner, an iguana, two Aussie shepherds, and a potbelly pig named Nigel.
The author of five books of literary miscellany, André Bernard was a Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster, Editorial Director of the Book-of-the-Month Club, and VP and Publisher of Harcourt Brace before joining the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation as its Vice President, administering its Fellowship program.