The Leonard Lopate Show

True Colors

In his first book since winning the Nobel Prize in 2006, Orhan Pamuk has proven that his reflections on life and work can be as richly imagined and vividly recounted as any of his fiction. The essays in Other Colors cover everything from getting mugged in New York to surviving an earthquake in his native Istanbul, from pondering Dostoyevsky to giving up smoking.

Purchase Other Colors: Essays and a Story at amazon.com.

Events: Orhan Pamuk and Salman Rushdie will be speaking
Friday, October 5 at 7 pm
The Highline Ballroom
431 West 16th Street
This event is sold out, but tickets may be available at Festival Headquarters.

Orhan Pamuk will be signing copies of his book
Saturday, October 6 at 5:00 pm
The New Yorker Festival Headquarters at the Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street
The event is free and open to the public.

Visit The New Yorker Festival website for more information about both events.

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The Revolution Will Be Televised

If you watch a program from David Simon or Jenji Kohan, you'll never think of television as "the boob tube" again. She's the creator and executive producer of the Showtime series "Weeds" about a suburban widow who becomes a pot dealer, and he's the creator of the HBO's "The Wire", a gritty police drama set in Baltimore. They'll explain how they write and what happens from script to screen.

Event: Jenji Kohan and David Simon will be part of a panel discussion titled "Outside the Box: Television Masterminds"
Saturday, October 6th at 10:00 am
The French Institute/Alliance Française
55 East 59th Street

Tickets are $25. Call 1.877.391.0545 or visit Ticketmaster.com to purchase.

Visit The New Yorker Festival website for more information.

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