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2009 Brooklyn Book Festival: Literature in a Digital Age

John Freeman; Dwight Garner; Sarah Schmelling

About the Program

From the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival, a panel on the future of publishing.  The participants are:  John Freeman ('The Tyranny of Email"), Dwight Garner ("Read Me") and Sarah Schmelling ("Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don’t Float: Classic Lit Signs On To Facebook"). The discussion is moderated by Maud Newton, editor and blogger of maudnewton.com.

About the Authors

John Freeman

John Freeman, editor of Granta magazine, has written for The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal. 


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Dwight Garner

Dwight Garner is a book critic for The New York Times and a former senior editor of the New York Times Book Review.  Mr. Gardner is also the founding books editor at Salon.com.


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Sarah Schmelling

Sarah Schmelling has written about culture and entertainment for The Washington Post, Salon, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and other outlets. 


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Program Information

2009 Brooklyn Book Festival: Literature in a Digital Age

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Past Airings

  • Sunday, October 11th at 4:50am (ET)
  • Saturday, October 10th at 2:20pm (ET)
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