Word maven Patricia T. O’Conner doesn't mean to be a pest, but she has a few choice comments on the many ways we mispeak. Also, Ron Steinman takes us inside televisions first war and Colombia's Aterciopelados.
Patricia T. O’Conner
Word maven Patricia T. (You Send Me) O’Conner on the many ways to mispeak
Ron Steinman
Ron Steinman takes us inside television’s first war with his book Inside Television’s First War
Lisa Jardine
Lisa Jardine on the outstanding life of Sir Christopher Wren (On a Grander Scale)
Lisa Jardine will be appearing at the New York Public Library (42nd and 5th) at 6:30 pm (2/19)
Lisa Jardine will be appearing at the New York Public Library (42nd and 5th) at 6:30 pm (2/19)
Andrea Echeverry and Hector Buitrago
Colombian artists Andrea Echeverry and Hector Buitrago, of the group "Aterciopelados"
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