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The Gulf Coast is reeling from a devastating hurricane season. And New York is doing its part to help. Today, we'll celebrate bayou culture with a one hour special featuring highlights from the New Yorker's hurricane relief benefit, "Parting the Waves." Then, Myla Goldberg, the author of Bee Season, tells us about her new novel, Wickett’s Remedy. Plus, Robert D. Kaplan looks at whether current military missions qualify the US as a bona fide imperialist power.
Celebrating the Artistic Culture of the Bayou
Leonard Lopate hosts an hour-long special featuring selections from “Parting the Waters," The New Yorker magazine’s September 24th benefit for the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund. The benefit is a celebration of the artistic culture of the Bayou, with musicians, actors and writers from the Gulf Coast ...
Wickett's Remedy
Myla Goldberg, the author of Bee Season, joins us with a look at the follow up to her bestseller: Wickett’s Remedy. The new historical novel is set in the early 20th century, during the outbreak of the 1918 Spanish Influenza epidemic.
» Read an excerpt ...
» Read an excerpt ...
Imperial Grunts
Journalist Robert D. Kaplan wanted to find out how, from the ground up, US foreign policy is carried out through military actions. In his new book, Imperial Grunts, he investigates how the American military deploys troops throughout the world to carry out the War on Terror.
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