Speakers News: Nov 07

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NEW IN SCIENCE

The Stem Cell Breakthrough: Two Speakers on What's Next

Gina Kolata covers the scientific discovery of the year. Ronald Green releases a new book on the ethics of genetic code

The news that scientists can now get stem cells without killing embryos may put an end to the debates that have torn through the worlds of religion, politics and science. Or will it? Gina Kolata's front page story in The New York Times gives us a clear understanding of what this means, and what's next. In her talk on stem cells, she delivers an up-to-the-minute and objective view.

Ronald Green has been a leading stem cell expert for 20 years. In his talks, he discusses all sides of the debate: parenting, ethics, social justice, religion, science and health care. He'll also tell audiences whether this breakthrough is hope or hype. His new book, Babies by Design, shows us the nearly infinite ways that human engineering will benefit humanity, and why we shouldn't dismiss it out of fear or habit.

Read Gina Kolata's Story in The New York Times

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NEW IN FICTION

"Chris Abani May Be the Most Courageous Writer Working Right Now."
—Dave Eggers

Chris Abani's Song for Night is an unshakably beautiful tale of morality. He's just been selected to be a speaker at the NACA national conference

"If you want to get at the molten heart of contemporary fiction," Dave Eggers says, "Chris Abani is the starting point." In Abani's latest, Song for Night, a West African soldier who has lost his voice leads us on a redemptive journey through a senseless war. As a teenager, Abani was imprisoned in Nigeria for his writing. Today, he gives speeches on the power and necessity of art and literature. Those attending the National Association of Campus Activities conference in St. Louis next year will have a chance to see his lecture in person: he will be a featured speaker.

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Black History Month Speakers

Chris Abani is just one of our speakers perfect for Black History Month celebrations. Our roster includes Spike Lee, Civil Rights hero Minnijean Brown Trickey, Eyes on the Prize producer Judy Richardson, and Randall Kennedy, whose much-anticipated new book, Sell-Out, addresses a volatile term in the black community.

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NEW IN SPORTS

Mike Lupica, One of the Best-Known Sports Writers in America, Joins The Lavin Agency

New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica reminds us of why we love, need, and follow sports, and how they shape a sense of community

"Sports is the common language of American life," says Mike Lupica. In his frank, hilarious and knowledgeable talks, he celebrates all that is good and great—and deconstructs all that is cheesy and abhorrent—about the world of pro sports. "I go off on everything," says Lupica, who has been namedropped on Seinfeld and is equally as famous as many of the figures he writes about. He also takes a deeper look at the role of sports to inspire us in our lives, showing us, with countless examples, how, in sports, as in life, the smallest moments can often lead to monumental changes.

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IN THIS ISSUE:
Stem Cell Breakthrough
Karen Armstong: TED Prize
Mike Lupica Signs
Chris Abani's Song for Night
Win Alan Lightman's Ghost

NEW IN RELIGION

Karen Armstrong Wins 2008 TED Prize

The author of The Battle for God joins a prestigious list of past winners, including Bono and Bill Clinton

Karen Armstrong, Dave Eggers and Neil Turok are the three winners of the TED Prize for 2008. The prize comes with a $100,000 gift, which each recipient uses to help change the world. ( E.O. Wilson, another Lavin speaker, used his prize money to fund the Encyclopeadia of Life Web site.) Called "a bridge between religions" by The Sunday Times, Armstrong is the author of over 20 books on Judaism, Christianity and Islam, including the international best-sellers The History of God and The Spiral Staircase. Her latest book, just out, is The Bible: A Biography.

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Women's History Month Special

Karen Armstrong is just one of the speakers perfect for your Women's History Month events. Our roster also includes, among others, Susan Faludi (The Terror Dream) and Paula Goldman, whose project, Imaging Ourselves, is an inspiring survey of the global generation of women today between the ages of 20 -40.

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Ghost

NEW IN FICTION

Alan Lightman's Ghost: "This is an Important Novel," says E.O. Wilson.

The acclaimed scientist and author returns with a haunting look at the nature of time and reality and the role of faith

In Alan Lightman's novel Ghost, a middle-aged man, David, is fired from his job, watches his marriage disintegrate, and ends up working at a funeral home, where he sees what can only be explained—if at all—as a supernatural sighting. A provocative exploration of the delicate divide between science and religion, Ghost has been hailed as "an unwavering look at a serious, controversial subject," by Joyce Carol Oates. Lightman is an award-winning novelist (Einstein's Dreams,) and a theoretical physicist, and is currently an adjunct professor of Humanities at MIT. If you would like to receive a free copy of Ghost, write to info@thelavinagency.com, and tell us the name of one of Lightman's non-fiction books. First three correct responses win.

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