Talks
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JOHN BROWN’S BODY Historian David Reynolds lectures on the legacy of abolitionist John Brown. He argues Brown was a “Puritan warrior” whose crusade to end slavery transcended his times. The talk is based on his book “John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights” (Knopf). Tomorrow, 5:30 p.m., New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street, 212-485-9205, $12 general, $6 seniors, teachers, students, and members.
ON BLACKMUN Linda Greenhouse discusses the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Henry Blackmun with the president of the New School, former Senator Robert Kerrey.They’ll talk about Justice Blackmun’s majority decision for Roe vs. Wade and his long friendship with Chief Justice Warren Burger. Ms. Greenhouse is the author of “Becoming Justice Blackmun” (Times). Tonight, 6 p.m., the New School, Theresa Lang Center, 55 W. 13th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, second floor, 212-229-5488, $8.
BIRD ON THE BRAIN Scholar Joseph Nazare argues for a rereading of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” in a lecture titled “Psychopomp and Circumstance.” He makes the case that the fa mous bird was not just a vague sign of ill omen, but a “psychopomp,” a mythical bird that ushers the living into the land of the dead. Tonight, 7 p.m., New York University, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St. at West 3rd Street, room 216, 212-998-2400, free.
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