CHC Writers - November 21, 2017

“I sometimes challenge [people to make a game out of #writing].” ~Marc Levinson, Former Finance & Economics Editor of @TheEconomist

CHCW Guest - Marc Levinson, PhD

SATURDAY:  We’re hosting #MarcLevinson on November 18 at 12:30pm!  Dr. Marc has served as Senior Fellow for International Business at the Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org).  Marc has also served as Finance & Economics #editor of the @TheEconomist in London.  #CHCWGuest

CHCW Guest - Gen. Richard Neal, USMC (ret)

Richard ‘Butch’ Neal is a retired four-star general and served from 1996—1998 as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. After graduating with a B.S. in History and Education from Northeastern University in Boston, in 1965, Neal was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps and spent the next thirty-five years commanding at every level.

During his time in uniform, he also went on to graduate from the National War College and earn his M.Ed. from Tulane University. He served two tours in the Republic of Vietnam, and during Desert Storm, he served as the Deputy Director of Operations for General Schwarzkopf as well as Central Command Briefer.

His decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal; Silver Star Medal with Gold Star; the Defense Superior Service Medal with Palm; Bronze Star Medal with Combat V; and the Purple Heart. Since retiring in 1998, he has been president of three intellectual property licensing companies.

He was the Senior Mentor for the United States Marine Corps for five years and is currently a Senior Fellow at the National Defense University. The general also served as Chairman of the Board for the Military Officers Association of America, and is presently on the board of directors for several companies, and sits on the Board of Trustees for Norwich University.

CHCW Guest - Tyler Anbinder, PhD

Tyler Anbinder is a specialist in nineteenth-century American politics and the history of immigration and ethnicity in American life. His first book, Nativism and Slavery, analyzed the role of the anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic Know Nothing party on the political crisis that led to the Civil War. His most recent book, Five Points, traced the history of nineteenth-century America's most infamous immigrant slum, focusing in particular on tenement life, inter-ethnic relations, and ethnic politics. 

Professor Anbinder has won fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities and held the Fulbright Thomas Jefferson Chair in American History at the University of Utrecht. He also served as a historical consultant to Martin Scorsese for the making of The Gangs of New York. His current research includes an NEH funded study of Irish immigrant savings habits and a book-length study of immigrant life in New York City from the first Dutch settlers to the present.

CHCW Youth - June 15, 2017

CHCW Podcast - Douglas Cohn

ELATED: Our convo w/ Douglas Cohn airs May 30! Cohn's #PresidentsFirstYear is available via @RLPGBooks here: http://goo.gl/VGIUX4 

CHCW Guest - Ronald G. Shafer

We're excited!  Ronald G. Shafer will be visiting us on April 29, 2017.  Ron was an editor, reporter, and columnist at the Wall Street Journal for 38 years, based in Chicago, Detroit, and Washington, DC, where he was the political features editor. In 1990 he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism. He has also contributed to People, Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest and the Washington Post. His books include "When the Dodgers Were Bridegrooms" & "The Carnival Campaign".

CHCW Podcast - Emelyn Rude

THRILLED: Our convo w/ @emerrude airs April 17. Emelyn’s #TasteLikeChicken is available via @Pegasus_Books here:  goo.gl/qzx6zL

Throwback Thursday - March 23, 2017

#TBT: Alfredo Da Silva & actress Joan Crawford together after Joan acquired one of Alfredo’s paintings. Alfredo is visiting the Charles Houston Community Writers on Saturday! #HISTORICPIC

CHCW Guest - Douglas A. Cohn

EXCITED! Captain Douglas A. Cohn (ret.) will be visiting us on May 27, 2017!  His television work includes the Military Channel, CNBC & A&E’s Biography Channel.  Douglas Cohn is also the Writer/Owner of: Washington Merry-Go-Round, America’s longest running syndicated column, founded by Drew Pearson in 1932.

In addition to his twice-weekly syndicated newspaper columns, he is the author of Jackson’s Valley Campaign with Maps from the West Point Atlas of the Civil War and Congress, Cliffs & Common Sense.  Watch his 2016 appearance on Fox News here: goo.gl/CK0DJi  #CHCWGuest #CHCWriters

CHCW Guests - March 6, 2017

The Charles Houston Community Writers had an excellent fellowship last week.  Special thanks to our visiting author Lauren Friedman!  We were honored!

CHCW Guest - March 2017 Lineup

Thanks Marlene Trestman for visiting us on February 11!  Dr. William Reeder, Lauren Friedman, & Bill Carey will be visiting us in March.  Mark your calendars!

CHCW Guest - Tara Campbell

Tara Campbell will be visiting the Charles Houston Community Writers on May 6, 2017!

ABOUT TARA:  With a BA in English and an MA in German, Tara Campbell has a demonstrated aversion to money and power. Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, she has also lived in Oregon, Ohio, New York, Germany and Austria. She is the grateful recipient of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ (DCCAH) 2016 Larry Neal Writers’ Award in Adult Fiction, and a finalist for the DCCAH 31st Mayor’s Arts Awards in the Outstanding New Artist category.