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Sarah Palin, who gave the keynote address at this weekend's tea party convention in Nashville. ((Getty Images))
Two reporters who were embedded during and after Sarah Palin’s vice presidential bid give us a behind-the-scenes account of her sudden rise, triumphs, and missteps. Then, Mary Karr discusses her new memoir Lit. Carrie Fisher stops by to talk about her new one-woman show, "Wishful Drinking." And actor Willem Dafoe tells us about his roles in Lars von Trier’s controversial film "Antichrist" and in Richard Foreman’s surrealist play "Idiot Savant."
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Sarah from Alaska
Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, reporters covering Sarah Palin’s vice presidential campaign, give us an account of the popular Alaska governor’s meteoric rise when she was named John McCain’s running mate and the complicated aftermath of that campaign. Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a ...
Lit
Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club, about her hardscrabble Texas childhood, and Cherry, her account of her adolescence new memoir, discusses her new memoir, Lit, a frank account of her descent into addiction and her struggles to overcome alcoholism and depression.
Event: Mary Karr will be reading, ...
Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher tells us about adapting her book "Wishful Drinking" for the stage. Her one-woman show "Wishful Drinking" is playing at the Roundabout theater’s Studio 54 through January 3, 2010. More information and tickets here.
Willem Dafoe
Actor Willem Dafoe discusses starring with Charlotte Gainsbourg in Lars von Trier’s film "Antichrist," and about his role in Richard Foreman’s surrealist play "Idiot Savant," now playing at the Public Theater. More information and tickets here.
"Antichrist" is playing at IFC Center and
"Antichrist" is playing at IFC Center and
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