Clifford Levy, a reporter for the Metro section of The New York Times, joins social worker George Gitlitz to discuss his three-part series "Broken Homes", a year long investigation exposing the terrible conditions of New York’s adult homes for the mentally ill. Betsy Blair, Academy Award nominee for her role in Marty and first wife of Gene Kelly, discusses her life and work. Then, 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.
Clifford Levy and George Gitlitz
Clifford Levy, a reporter for the Metro section of The New York Times, joins social worker George Gitlitz to discuss his three-part series "Broken Homes", a year long investigation exposing the terrible conditions of New York’s adult homes for the mentally ill.
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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 (And The Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers. Read an excerpt of Spinney's book in ...
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood shares her latest novel, Oryx and Crake. Read an excerpt of Atwood's book in the Reading Room.
Margaret Atwood will be giving a talk at the Low Library at Columbia University (116th and Broadway) Tuesday, May 6th at 7 pm -- the event is free, but ...
Margaret Atwood will be giving a talk at the Low Library at Columbia University (116th and Broadway) Tuesday, May 6th at 7 pm -- the event is free, but ...
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