Arthur Gelb talks about City Room, his memoir of 45 years at the New York Times. (The 1945 airplane crash into the Empire State Building marked his professional reporting debut.) Then Felicia Wiggins and Ute Wartenberg take a look at the new $20 bills now in circulation. Photographer Elizabeth Gilbert on her four
years with the Maasai in Kenya and Tanzania. And Brian Morton shares his new novel, A Window Across the River.
Arthur Gelb
Arthur Gelb began working at The New York Times in 1944 as a night copyboy, and he retired 45 years later as the managing editor. He shares his memoir, City Room.
Music: Raymond Scott The Chesterfield Arrangements 1937-38
“The Toy Trumpet” “Mexican Jumping Bean”
Events: Frank Rich ...
“The Toy Trumpet” “Mexican Jumping Bean”
Felicia Wiggins and Ute Wartenberg
Whether or not you like the new $20 bills, we’re going to explain them to you. Felicia Wiggins of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York and Ute Wartenberg, director of the American Numismatic Society, are here to talk about the history of currency and why ...
Brian Morton
Brian Morton reunites a pair of star-crossed but self- asbsorbed New York lovers in his latest novel, A Window Across the River.
Music: The Guys Soundtrack composer Mychael Danna
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