The figures in this cycle of events will be at the center of a multimedia journey recounting their lives, passions and the secrets behind their work.

Viewers will discover the films and books that changed their lives, the masterpieces that greatly inspired them or the song that they love the most.

In a series celebrating the relationship between art, theater, literature, and film, Joyce Carol Oates and Stephen Sondheim will discuss some of the films that have influenced their lives and work. Moderated by Antonio Monda, artistic director of Le Conversazioni literary festival. This is the seventh program of Le Conversazioni/New York, being held at the Morgan Library.

Previous guests were Renzo Piano, Mark di Suvero, Michael Cunningham, Gay Talese, Paul Schrader, Jonathan Franzen, Martin Amis, Ian Buruma, A.M. Homes, Daniel Mendelsohn, Marina Abramovic, Daniel Libeskind, Julie Taymor, Jeffrey Eugenides, Isabella Rossellini, Salman Rushdie, Patrick McGrath and Zadie Smith.

The figures in this cycle of events will be at the center of a multimedia journey recounting their lives, passions and the secrets behind their work.

Viewers will discover the films and books that changed their lives, the masterpieces that greatly inspired them or the song that they love the most. Previous guest was Jonathan Demme.

In a series celebrating the relationship between art, theater, literature, and film, Jhumpa Lahiri and David Remnick will discuss some of the films that have influenced their lives and work. Moderated by Antonio Monda, artistic director of Le Conversazioni literary festival.

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[The exhibition Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars will open at 6 pm for program attendees]


This is the seventh program of Le Conversazioni/New York, being held at the Morgan Library. Previous guests were Renzo Piano, Mark di Suvero, Michael Cunningham, Gay Talese, Paul Schrader, Jonathan Franzen, Martin Amis, Ian Buruma, A.M. Homes, Daniel Mendelsohn, Marina Abramovic, Daniel Libeskind, Julie Taymor, Jeffrey Eugenides, Isabella Rossellini, Salman Rushdie, Patrick McGrath, Zadie Smith, Stephen Sondheim, and Joyce Carol Oates.

Don DeLillo will discuss with Antonio Monda postwar Italy, neorealist film, and the influence of Michelangelo Antonioni’s Il deserto rosso (Red Desert, 1964) on his artistic vision.