On today’s show, we celebrate Shakespeare’s 442nd birthday with Robert Sean Leonard and Michael Cumpsty. Then, an Iranian-American woman describes trying to balance two very important—and very different—parts of her heritage. Plus: a novel about the travels of a white, British Muslim woman. And a look at how the radical Sixties may have set the stage for the conservative Eighties.
To Me, Fair Friend, You Never Can Be Old
Robert Sean Leonard, Michael Cumpsty, and Michael Sexton, the artistic director of the Shakespeare Society, celebrate the Bard's 442nd birthday with a Shakespeare Marathon at Symphony Space.
Lipstick Jihad
The idea of a “clash of cultures” is very close to Azadeh Moaveni’s heart: she’s spent her entire life balancing her Iranian heritage and her American upbringing. In Lipstick Jihad, Ms. Moaveni describes how the tensions between Iran and America have affected her on a personal level.
Young, White, and Muslim
Camilla Gibb imagines a white British Muslim woman’s search for a sense of belonging in her new novel: Sweetness in the Belly.
Events: Camilla Gibb will be reading and signing books
Thursday, April 20 at 7 pm
McNally Robinson bookstore
50 Prince Street
Events: Camilla Gibb will be reading and signing books
Thursday, April 20 at 7 pm
McNally Robinson bookstore
50 Prince Street
Decade of Nightmares
In Decade of Nightmares, Philip Jenkins argues that a combination of scares and real threats caused a conservative backlash to the radicalism of the 1960s, and paved the way for the conservative 1980s.
Events: Philip Jenkins will be speaking
Thursday, April 20 at 5:30pm
The Carnegie Council
Events: Philip Jenkins will be speaking
Thursday, April 20 at 5:30pm
The Carnegie Council
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