On today’s show: New York Times business columnist Ron Lieber takes your calls on how to survive the current economic crisis. Then, Gourmet magazine editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl reassesses her relationship with her mother. And, Colson Whitehead on his autobiographical fourth novel, "Sag Harbor." Plus, novelist and psychiatrist Nawal El Saadawi on the status of women in the Arab world.
Your Money
New York Times business columnist Ron Lieber has a few suggestions on how investors can survive the current economic climate. He’ll be taking your calls today at 212-433-WNYC.
You can read Lieber’s "Your Money" columns in the Times here.
You can read Lieber’s "Your Money" columns in the Times here.
Not Becoming My Mother
Gourmet magazine editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl investigates her mother’s life through letters and diaries in her book Not Becoming My Mother and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way.
Event: Ruth Reichl will be reading and signing books
Thursday, April 30, at 7:30 pm
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Sag Harbor
In his autobiographical fourth novel Sag Harbor, Colson Whitehead explores the desperate adolescent quest for reinvention and the elusive nature of identity at an elite Manhattan prep school in 1985.
Events: Colson Whitehead will be reading and signing books
Wednesday, April 29, at 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble, ...
Nawal El Saadawi
For more than 50 years, novelist, psychiatrist and activist Dr. Nawal El Saadawi has written books that focus on identity, sexuality and the legal status of women in the Arab world. She continued working despite threats to her life, imprisonment and, ultimately exile from her native Egypt.
Event: ...
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