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Moderated by Michael Downing
How much can be known, or understood, from a work of art or a historical artifact? In this powerful two-part event, featuring readings and a moderated discussion, poet and editor Matthew Zapruder (author of Why Poetry?/Ecco Press) and writer Alexandra Zapruder (author of Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film/Twelve Books) take the stage together to share their personal experiences and their distinct creative and critical perceptions. The conversation is moderated by Michael Downing, author of Life With Sudden Death: A Memoir (Counterpoint Press).
Recorded on December 5, 2017, at the Edison Newman Room, Houghton Library.
Sponsored by the Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University.
Alexandra Zapruder delivers a lecture about Salvaged Pages at the Ninth International Conference on Holocaust Education organized by the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel (July 7-10, 2014.)
The conference brought together Holocaust survivors, scholars, educators and artists from four generations. Over 400 participants from 50 different countries engaged in an educational, intergenerational and multicultural dialogue on how we will preserve the legacy and grapple with the challenges of Holocaust education in the years to come.
Alexandra Zapruder delivers a lecture about Salvaged Pages at the Sixteenth Annual Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Conference for Educators at The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City (April 23, 2015.) Other presenters included Dr. Michael Berenbaum and a presentation of The Living Words Award to Nobel Laureate, Elie Wiesel.
Alexandra Zapruder joins Meyer Grunberg and Isaac Simon to discuss Holocaust remembrance, antisemitism, and the importance of bearing witness. The Two Tall Jews Showdives deep into the aspects, dates, concepts, people, places, and opinions about Judaism, Israel, and all the nuances in between.
Invisibilia co-host Hanna Rosin, New York magazine’s Noreen Malone and Slate Outward editor June Thomas discuss events of the week including the Women’s March on Washington, identity politics, and Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film with author Alexandra Zapruder (at 00:40:17)
Alexandra Zapruder speaks with Dr. Daniel Greene about Anne Frank and how the wide range of youth journals she researched in her book Salvaged Pages deepen and complicate our understanding of daily life during the Holocaust.
