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Michael Lewis
“How some of Wall Street’s finest minds managed to destroy $1.75 trillion of wealth” – that is the shorthand version of the new book coming out this week by celebrated author Michael Lewis, on The Music Hall stage Wednesday April 7 as part of the Writers on a New England Stage series. Lewis was interviewed on CBS’ 60 Minutes Sunday March 14. Here from 60 Minutes:
If you had to pick someone to write the autopsy report on the Wall Street financial collapse 18 months ago, you couldn’t do any better than Michael Lewis. He is one of the country’s preeminent non-fiction writers with a knack for turning complicated, mind numbing material into fascinating yarns. He wrote his first bestseller, “Liar’s Poker,” about his experiences as a young Wall Street bond trader when he was still in his 20s and has since followed up with seven more bestsellers on subjects ranging from Silicon Valley in “The New New Thing” to big time sports in “Money Ball” and “The Blind Side,” (made into a motion picture with Academy Award winner for best actress, Sandra Bullock.) His new book, called “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine,” comes out later this week and it explains how some of Wall Street’s finest minds managed to destroy $1.75 trillion of wealth in the subprime mortgage markets. Check out the link below.
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JUST ANNOUNCED
Partnership will help build Regional and National Audiences for the Award-winning Series
The Music Hall, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, December 4, 2009: The celebrated author series Writers on New England Stage announced Yankee Magazine is a new partner in the series, joining The Music Hall, New Hampshire Public Radio and Portsmouth’s independent RiverRun Bookstore.
“As a region, New England has a rich literary tradition that continues today. During Yankee Magazine’s 75-year history, we’ve featured some of the nation’s greatest writers who call New England their home,”
- Jamie Trowbridge, president/CEO of Yankee Publishing Inc., which publishes Yankee Magazine and The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
The partnership begins immediately and will benefit the series’ diverse audiences, ranging from local student groups and book clubs to Music Hall patrons and New Hampshire Public Radio listeners, as well as upcoming authors and their work.
Said Writers on a New England Stage executive producer Patricia Lynch, also executive director of The Music Hall, “This new partnership broadens regional and national audiences for the series and provides additional opportunities for highlighting bestselling authors. Yankee’s involvement connects our guest writers with millions of readers and acquaints the magazine’s loyal following with this remarkable live and broadcast series,” Lynch added.
Writers on a New England Stage presents six or more bestselling writers annually on the stage of the nonprofit arts center The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH. Since 2005, the series has hosted a broad range of celebrated national and international authors including Alan Alda, Mitch Albom, Cokie Roberts, Madeleine Albright, Dan Brown, Elmore Leonard, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Wally Lamb, and the late John Updike. The 2009-2010 series currently includes Isabel Allende, Jodi Picoult, E.L. Doctorow, Tracy Kidder, Barbara Kingsolver, Stephen King and Greg Mortenson.