Katharine Munzer Rogers [1], a Professor Emerita of English from Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, now lives in Bethesda, Maryland. She has published many articles and books on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature and, since retirement, has pursued her interests in animals and in the Oz books of L. Frank Baum. Oz is a world filled with inventive and amusing characters, where life is endlessly exciting and where good always prevails. Dr Rogers will discuss Baum's humanist values, which he vigorously promoted in his children's books as well as elsewhere.

From her web site [2]: Rogers' book, L. Frank Baum: Creator of Oz, published by St. Martin's Press in October 2002(paperback, 2003), is a tribute to the author who enlivened Rogers's childhood with wonderful adventures to the Land of Oz. Oz is a world filled with inventive and amusing characters, where life is endlessly exciting and where good always prevails -- and yet Baum's plain, matter-of-fact narrative makes it believable.

Platform Speaker: March 4, 2007 [2]