This talk is the third lecture in the Great Brown Nonfiction Writers Lecture Series 2009-10, presented biennially by the Nonfiction Writing Program in the Department of English, which features four prominent Brown alumni writers this academic year.

This series is co-sponsored by • The Charles K. Colver Lectureship • Zucker Family Endowment • Goldway/Shearer family • Department of Modern Culture and Media and The Malcolm S. Forbes Center for Media and Culture • Department of Comparative Literature • Department of History • Dean of the College Office • The Cogut Center for the Humanities • Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women • Center for Environmental Studies • Sarah Doyle Women's Center • Literary Arts Program • Committee on Science and Technology Studies