In Conversation with the Rosenbach: Bill Goldstein

The World Broke in Two tells the story of 1922, a pivotal year in literary history. In his talk, Bill Goldstein will describe the intellectual and personal journeys that year of four of the key writers of the 20th century – Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence and E. M. Forster – and examine the influence on them of James Joyce’s Ulysses and Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. The New York Times Book Review called The World Broke in Two “Fresh . . . significant . . . comprehensive and exuberant . . . entirely full of life.”

About the speaker

Bill Goldstein, the founding editor of the New York Times books website, reviews books and interviews authors for NBC’s Weekend Today in New York. He is also the curator of public programs at Roosevelt House, the public policy institute of New York’s Hunter College. Bill is the author of The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster and the Year that Changed Literature.

Join the Conversation

A series of informal, intimate talks given by literary and cultural luminaries, In Conversation with the Rosenbach delves into fascinating histories, intellectual curiosities, and inspiring ideas. Each program offers the audience a chance to join the conversation after the talk and share their own thoughts and questions. In Conversation with the Rosenbach is supported by grants from the Walter J. Miller Trust and the Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation. Seating is limited; advance registration is strongly recommended.

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