Mira, Memos, Mail Art

Studio 360 | Jan 11, 2011

Filmmaker Mira Nair takes us halfway around the world in her new movie, “The Namesake,” based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Jhumpa Lahiri. Kurt Andersen talks with both storytellers. We find out what kind of art we can buy for just a pint of blood; and we open the mail to find a piece of toast - signed, sealed, and delivered.

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