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Tina Brown:

“Sharon Waxman has written a compelling page turner about the world of antiquities and art-world skulduggery. She manages to combine rigorous, scholarly reporting with a flair for intrigue and personality that gives Loot the fast pace of a novel. I enjoyed it immensely."

Christopher Hitchens:

“Sharon Waxman’s Loot is the most instructive as well as the most intelligent (and the most entertaining) guide through the labyrinth of antiquity and the ways in which the claims of the departed intersect with the rights of the living.”

Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence:

"Loot is a riveting foray into the biggest question facing museums today: who should own the great works of ancient art? Sharon Waxman is a first-rate reporter, a veritable Euphronios of words, who not only explores the legal and moral ambiguities of the conflict but brings to life the colorful -- even outrageous -- personalities facing off for a high noon showdown over some of the world’s iconic works of art. Vivid, witty, and delightful, this book will beguile any reader with an interest in art and museums."

Lucette Lagnado, author of The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit:

“Sharon Waxman approaches her subject with the passion of a great journalist and the rigor of a scholar. It may never again be possible for some of us to walk down the halls of the Louvre or the British Museum or the Metropolitan without a vague sense of disquietude, a frisson of wonder about the provenance of some of their showcase works of ancient art.”

Karl E. Meyer, author of The Plundered Past and co-author of Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East:

"Sharon Waxman’s Loot is indispensable for everyone concerned with the illicit trade in smuggled antiquities. She exposes the self-serving humbug that too often afflicts both affluent possessors and righteous nationalists and shows that we all have a stake in getting an honest account of how great objects came to rest in our grandest museums."

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Appearances

SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2009
4pm-6pm

Universtiy of San Diego (USD)
Degheri Alumni Center
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
March 7, 2009, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Hosted by Alex and Suzette Valle
Special Introduction by Robert L. Pincus Ph.D, San Diego Union Tribune Art Critic/Books Editor

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2009
7:30 p.m. EST
World Affairs Council Speaker Series
Univ. of N. Florida's University Center
1200 Alumnia Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32224

SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2009
12 p.m. EST
NEW YORK TIMES LIVE
The Times Center
242 West 41st Street
New York, NY 10018

LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW
MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2008 1 p.m. EST/ 11 a.m. PST
"YOUR CALL" with host Rose Aguilar, KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco

LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2008 1:30 p.m. EST/10:30 a.m. PST
"SOUND AUTHORS" with host Dr. Kent Gustavson

LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2008 12 p.m. PST
"ABOUT BOOKS" with host Faye Clow, WVIK-FM, 90.3 in Bettendorf, Iowa

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 07, 2008
10:00 a.m.
BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE OF WHITTIER
14564 East Hawes Street
Whittier, CA 90604

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 03, 2008
7:30 p.m.
FIRST PARISH UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
3 Church St.
Cambridge, MA.

LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 12:15 PM EST
WORD OF MOUTH- NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO
Check HERE for station listings 
Concord, NH

LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008, 8:30 AM
WEEKLY SIGNALS- KUCI 88.9 FM
University of California, Irvine

LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008, 1:20 PM
THE PATT MORRISON SHOW - KPCC 89.3 FM
Pasadena, CA

LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW

“The Takeaway” with John Hockenberry

7:47 am EST, WNYC New York


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008
7:00 p.m. (Arrivals at 6:30 p.m.)
NEW YORK INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES
NYU's Hemmerdinger Hall
100 Washington Square East
New York City

LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW:
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008
12:20 p.m. EST
THE LEONARD LOPATE SHOW, the on-air salon for the city's intellectual life.
WNYC-FM

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008
7:30 p.m.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE AT UC BERKELEY
2299 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, Ca

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
8:00 p.m.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO
3200 California Street
San Francisco, Ca. 94118

LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
10:00 a.m. PST
KQED-FM's award-winning show, THE FORUM, one of
public radio's most popular and intellectually compelling programs. Hosted by Michael Krasny, one of the country's leading interviewers of literary luminaries.
88.5 FM


TV INTERVIEW:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008
7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
BBC World News America with host and award-winning BBC correspondent Matt Frei.
BBC America (check your local listings)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008
7:00 p.m.
POLITICS & PROSE
5015 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC

RADIO INTERVIEW:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2008
6:30 P.M. PST
KCPP-FM's MARKETPLACE airs interview on "Loot." 89.3 .
Here's the link: 

 
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2008
7:00 p.m.
CHERRY HILL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
1302 Springdale Road
Cherry Hill, NJ

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 09, 2008
7:00 p.m.
BOOK SOUP
8818 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 09, 2008
10:00 a.m.
AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY
LOS ANGELES JCC CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BOOKS
25600 Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90069

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 2008
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Caroline Graham, Arianna Huffington, Agapi Stassinopoulos
LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION host a celebration of "Loot"
825 North Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069
310-652-8272