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(After the New Economy)
Left Business Observer editor and The Nation
contributor Doug Henwood strips the pretension of the
1990s economic boom to reveal a less-than-lustrous
reality. Then Beate Sirota Gordon, a remarkable woman of
Russian-Jewish extraction, explains how she became, in her
own words, “part Japanese.” Filmmaker Jim Sheridan and his
daughter, Kirsten, talk about writing the screenplay for
their new movie, “In America.” And photographers Diane
Cook and Len Jenshel share their enthusiasm for aquariums.
Doug Henwood
Doug Henwood dissects the New Economy meltdown. Henwood is editor of the Left Business Observer and a regular contributor to The Nation, and his recent book from the New Press is called After the New Economy.
Music: Talk Radio Soundtrack composer Stewart Copeland
Beate Sirota Gordon
Beate Sirota Gordon’s new memoir, The Only Woman in the Room, chronicles her fascinating life in Europe, pre- war Japan, and the United States.
Music: Cobb Soundtrack composer Elliot Goldenthal
Jim Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan
Filmmaker Jim Sheridan (“My Left Foot,” “In the Name of the Father”) and his daughter, Kirsten Sheridan, talk about their new semi-autobiographical movie "In America." It’s about an Irish couple’s emigration to the United States.
Music: Solas The Hour Before Dawn “A Little Child” “A Miner’s Life”
Diane Cook and Len Jenshel
Husband-and-wife collaborative team Diane Cook and Len Jenshel are two of America’s foremost landscape photographers. They’ve recently been photographing a different kind of landscape (or is it a waterscape?) - aquariums. Their new book of photographs is Aquarium.
Events: There is an exhibition of images from Aquarium on view at ...
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