Monique Truong imagined the life of Gertrude Stein’s Vietnamese cook in her novel The Book of Salt, which just won the New York Public Library’s Young Lions fiction award. She discusses the joys and challenges of being a young writer (she was born in 1968) with last year’s winner, Jonathan Safran Foer.
"Don’t they love smokers in France, why can’t they take them? Go where you’re wanted."
Dan from Dublin wants to ban smoking in Ireland.
"Don’t they love smokers in France, why can’t they take them? Go where you’re wanted."
Dan from Dublin wants to ban smoking in Ireland.
Budget Woes
Charles Brecher Executive Vice President and Research Director, Citizen's Budget Commissiondiscusses the problems surrounding the New York State budget
The Glass Ceiling
Mark IsemanSenior Attorney at the National Resources Defense Councilon the return to glass recycling in the city
The Empire Strikes Back
Charles Gargano chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation responds to criticism about New York State "Empire Zones"
Up In Smoke
Councilwoman Phyllis MorrisCity Councilwoman from Breezy Point, Queens Discusses the Mayor’s "proposal" to eliminate smoking from people's homes and goes a step further to introduce her own plan
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