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In Our Midst
On today’s Underreported, we turn our attention to the Midwest, and ask why it gets so little national coverage. Then, former supermodel Paulina Porizkova tells us about her debut novel. And Barbara Kingsolver explains what her family learned by eating only locally-grown food for a year. Plus, Colm Meaney and Eve Best discuss their roles in the Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten.
Underreported: Missing the Midwest
The American Midwest is often ignored or oversimplified by the mainstream media. We'll look into why coverage of the Midwest is becoming even thinner, and catch up on some of the issues that haven't made the headlines in New York. Michael Massing, whose article "Missing Middle" appears in the Columbia Journalism Review, is joined by Tori Ekstrand, assistant professor of journalism at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
Underreported: An Update on Kashmir
We continue our Underreported coverage on the Kashmir Separatist Movement, with an update on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's proposal for a solution to the Kashmir dispute. And we discuss whether Indian and Pakistani troops could withdraw from Kashmir anytime soon. Michael Deibert recently returned from Kashmir, and has an in-depth piece on these issues in the upcoming edition of the World Policy Journal.
Modeled on Life
Paulina Porizkova talks about her debut novel A Model Summer, which draws on her own experiences as a teenage supermodel.
A Model Summer is available for purchase at amazon.com
Events: Paulina Porizkova will be speaking and signing booksThursday, May 3 at 7 pm
The Chelsea Barnes & Noble
675 Sixth Avenue, at 21st Street
Paulina Porizkova will bespeaking and signing books
Wednesday, June 6 at 7 pm
R. J. Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, Connecticut
Eating Home-Grown and Local
Food in the US typically travels at least 1500 miles from farm to plate. In Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver tells us what happened when her family vowed to eat only home-grown and local food for an entire year.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is available for purchase at amazon.com
Events: Barbara Kingsolver will be speaking and signing booksThursday, May 3 at 6:30 pm
The Great Hall at the Cooper Union
East 7th Street, at Third Avenue
For tickets, visit the Cooper Union website or call 212-279-4200.
A Moon for the Misbegotten
Colm Meaney and Eve Best talk about playing father and daughter in the Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten.
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