Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk discusses his new collection of essays, Other Colors. Then the creators of Showtime's "Weeds" and HBO's "The Wire" share the secrets of television success. And on today's Please Explain, we'll take a bite out of apples.
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.
Visit The New Yorker Festival website for more information about both events.
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.
Weigh in: What's your favorite television show?
We'll get straight to the core of autumn's favorite fruit on today's Please Explain. Send your questions on all things apple-related to Steve Clarke of Prospect Hill Orchards and Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, author of A is for Apple, Apple Trees, and An Apple a Day.
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Weigh in: What's your favorite apple recipe?
What type of apple to you like best?
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