Lecture – Karen Joy Fowler and Philip Kunhardt: A Conversation on Booth

Karen Joy Fowler and Philip B. Kunhardt III, In Conversation on Booth

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at Bedford Playhouse

“The line between historical fiction and history can be a very thin one, history itself often becoming a fictional narrative in the service of some agenda.  This is never more clear than when we look at the competing narratives around the Civil War.”

So says novelist Karen Joy Fowler whose book Booth, just long-listed for the 2022 Booker Prize, gives us Lincoln’s assassin through his famous and chaotic family in our most tumultuous and violent era.  We are proud to present her in conversation with Philip Kunhardt, who has devoted his own career to the teaching of biography, and especially the study of Lincoln through documents and objects.

Come hear these two historians explore with each other the degrees of freedom and possibilities of insight that come from very different approaches.

A live broadcast via Zoom will also be available for those unable to attend in person.

Pre-registration is required for either ticket.

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Bedford Playhouse

633 Old Post Rd, Bedford, NY

Check in begins at 6:30pm with light refreshments.

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