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(kiss kiss bang bang/flickr)On a High Wire
Find out just how precarious the financial situations of American families really are. Also: looking for something to read this summer? We kick off our annual Underappreciated literature series with the work of Sudanese novelist Tayeb Salih! Plus, Adam Mansbach on his new novel. And a look at the rise of megachurches.
We're hosting an other FREE Lopate Show film screening on Monday, August 4! We'll be watching the 1972 film "The Candidate." Go here to RSVP and find out more.
Are American Families Worse Off?
Just how precarious are American families’ financial situations right now? In his new book, High Wire, Los Angeles Times economic correspondent Peter Gosselin traces 25 years of shifting economic risk from business and government onto the backs of working families.
We’d like to know how the economic downturn is affecting your life. Do you feel significantly worse off financially than you did 5 years ago?
Underappreciated: Sudanese Author Tayeb Salih
We kick off our annual summer Underappreciated literature series with a look at the work of Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih. In 1967, Salih wrote a cornerstone of contemporary Arabic literature, Season of Migration to the North, a complex novel about a man who returns to the Sudan after finishing his education in England. Columbia University professor Bruce Robbins explains why Salih deserves more widespread recognition in the United States.
The End of the Jews
Adam Mansbach’s new novel, The End of the Jews, tells the stories of a young Jewish man in the 1930s, and a young Czech woman in the 1980s.
Event: Adam Mansbach will be in a conversation with Keith Gessen, hosted by JEWCY.com
Tuesday, July 22 at 7 pm
45 Main Street, Suite 613, (corner of Front Street)
DUMBO, Brooklyn
The Rise of Megachurches
There are more than 1,250 megachurches across the U.S. We look at the rise of megachurches, and why some have described them as the most successful community-building institutions of modern times. Frances Fitzgerald is staff writer at the New Yorker; Conde Nast Portfolio contributing editor Karl Taro Greenfield recently wrote "God Wants Me to Be Rich," a profile of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen.
If you’ve attended services at a megachurch, or have been a member of one, we’d like to hear about your experiences. How has it affected you? How was/is it different from a more traditional churchgoing experience?
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Tributes: Jeanne-Claude
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Jeanne-Claude created environmental works of art with her husband and fellow-conspirator/collaborator Christo. Together, they wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf in Paris, and created The Gates, with billowy orange drapes, in Central Park. Jeanne-Claude just died at the age of 74. You can hear Leonard Lopate’s last interview with them both, from July 19, 1999.
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Our 3-ingredient Challenge wins a James Beard Award
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