Anthrax isn’t in the news much anymore, but that doesn’t
mean the threat is over. Leonard Cole disentangles the
confusing post-9/11 anthrax scare. Then Welsh poet Owen
Sheers and editor Thomas Keith commemorate the 50th
anniversary of Dylan Thomas’s death with a discussion about
his life, his work, and his legacy. Nell Freudenberger
shares her debut short story collection, Lucky
Girls. And choreographer Twyla Tharp tells us how to be
creative.
Leonard Cole
In his new book, The Anthrax Letters, Leonard Cole takes us on a tour of the national response to the anthrax scare, and explains why some postal facilities remain contaminated even after multi-million dollar cleanups.
Music: Out Break Soundtrack composer James Newton Howard
Sudden Fear Soundtrack composer George R. Nelson
Sudden Fear Soundtrack composer George R. Nelson
Owen Sheers and Thomas Keith
Fifty years ago this November, Dylan Thomas died at the age of 39 at New York’s St. Vincent’s Hospital. Here to discuss Thomas’s enduring legacy is Owen Sheers, a Welsh poet, and Thomas Keith, an editor from New Directions Publishing, which is sponsoring a
Nell Freudenberger
The five stories in Nell Freudenberger’s debut short story collection, Lucky Girls, are set in Southeast Asia and on the Indian subcontinent. The title story was published in the 2001 fiction issue of New Yorker.
Events: Nell Freudenberger will be reading at Barbes Bar at 376 Ninth Street in Park ...
Twyla Tharp
Even if you don’t consider yourself to be creative, leading choreographer Twyla Tharp argues that you can learn how to be. Her new book is The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life.
Events: Twyla Tharp will be speaking with Leonard Lopate at the 92nd St Y ...
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