Kadiatou Diallo, the mother of Amadou Diallo, joins Craig Wolff to discuss the loss of her son, My Heart Will Cross This Ocean. Betsy Blair, Academy Award nominee for her role in Marty and first wife of Gene Kelly, discusses her life and work, The Memory of All That: Love and politics in New York, Hollywood and Paris. Caroll Spinney, the man inside the costumes of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch discusses his 34 year career on Sesame Street, The Wisdom of Big Bird. And Margaret Atwood shares her latest novel, Oryx and Crake.
Kadiatou Diallo
Kadiatou Diallo, the mother of Amadou Diallo, joins Craig Wolff to discuss the loss of her son, My Heart Will Cross This Ocean.
Betsy Blair
Betsy Blair, Academy Award nominee for her role in Marty and first wife of Gene Kelly, discusses her life and work, The Memory of All That: Love and politics in New York, Hollywood and Paris.
Caroll Spinney
Caroll Spinney, the man inside the costumes of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch discusses his 34 year career on Sesame Street, The Wisdom of Big Bird. Read an excerpt of Spinney's book in the Reading Room.
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood shares her latest novel, Oryx and Crake. Read an excerpt of Atwood's book in the Reading Room.
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