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Black InteriorCoach Class
Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina basketball team for almost forty years, turning out stars like Michael Jordan, Kenny Smith, and George Karl. He’s here to explain his coaching philosophy: play hard, play smart, and play together. Then Andrew Schneider talks about asbestos poisoning in Libby, Montana. Elizabeth Alexander on what she calls “the black interior” - African-American creativity. And a discussion with Guy Cheli about Sing Sing prison.
Dean Smith
Michael Jordan says of legendary UNC basketball coach Dean Smith: "Coach taught me the game...He's like a second father to me." Smith’s new book is The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching.
Events:Dean Smith will be speaking February 5 at 7 pm at Seton Hall University, and on February 6 from 1-2 pm, book signing at the Borders at 100 Broadway
Andrew Schneider
Andrew Schneider is co-author with David McCumber of An Air That Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana Uncovered a National Scandal. The book is the result of their research on the General Mining Act and the decades-long poisoning of a small town.
Music: A Civil Action Soundtrack composer Danny Elfman
Guy Cheli
Guy Cheli’s history and photo collection of The Big House is Sing Sing Prison.
Music: Bessie Smith “Sing Sing Prison Blues”
Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander writes about modern black artists, writers and actors in her essay collection, The Black Interior.
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Events: Elizabeth Alexander will be reading tonight at 7 pm at the Studio Museum in Harlem
Music: He Got Game Soundtrack composer Leonard Bernstein
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