The Leonard Lopate Show
40 Years Later...
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Tom Brokaw looks into the mixed legacy of the 1960s - and how the people who tuned in, turned on, and dropped out have helped shape America in the 21st century. Also, Chuck Close explains his creative process. We read some of the 12,000 letters the Mitford sisters wrote to each other. Plus: how 40 years of settlements in Israel have polarized both Israelis and Palestinians.
Tom Brokaw: How the 1960s Changed America
The 1960s transformed America. Tom Brokaw looks into the mixed legacy of the decade of tuning in, turning on, and dropping out. His new book is Boom!
Weigh in: We’d like to hear from people who came of age in the 1960s. When you consider the legacy of that decade, what are you most proud of? And what do you regret?
Events: Tom Brokaw will be speaking and signing books
Wednesday, November 14 at 7pm
Barnes & Noble at Union Square
Boom! is available for purchase at amazon.com
The Lively Mitford Sisters
The aristocratic Mitford sisters wrote about their dramatic lives in about 12,000 letters to each other over a span of 80 years. Many of those letters have been published in a new collection called The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters, edited by Charlotte Mosley.
The Mitfords is available for purchase at amazon.com
Listen to Leonard’s recent interview with Jessica Mitford’s daughter Dinky Romilly
Chuck Close’s Creative Process
Artist Chuck Close has helped reinvent portraiture over the last 40 years. Now artist and author Christopher Finch has written a new book about Close; it's called Chuck Close: Work.
Events: Chuck Close and Christopher Finch will be signing books
Tuesday, November 6 at 7pm
Chelsea Barnes & Noble
675 Sixth Avenue (Between 21st and 22nd Streets)
Chuck Close: Work is available for purchase at amazon.com
Read about the new documentary CHUCK CLOSE, opening Dec. 26th at Film Forum
Israeli Settlements, 1967-2007
Journalist Akiva Eldar looks into how 4 decades of settlements in Israel have polarized both Israelis and Palestinians. His new book is Lords of the Land: The War for Israel's Settlements in the Occupied Territories, 1967-2007.
Events: Akiva Eldar will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, November 8 at 7pm
Congregation B’nai Jeshurun
257 West 88th Street (between Broadway and West End Avenue)
Lords of the Land is available for purchase at amazon.com
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