Cathy N. Davidson is the author, most recently, of Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn. Her other books include Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America, Reading in America: Literature and Social History, The Book of Love: Writers and Their Love Letters, and 36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan. Davidson also collaborated with photographer Bill Bamberger on Closing: The Life and Death of an American Factory. In 2010, President Obama nominated Davidson to the National Council on the Humanities. She is the co-founder of the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC) and co-director of the HASTAC/John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition. Davidson is currently the Ruth F. Devarney Professor of English and interim director of the Duke Program in Literature. Moderated by Robert Polito, director of the School of Writing.
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