Graphic Violence

Chief curator Brian Wallis and director Willis Hartshorn of the International Center of Photography discuss their current exhibit of Iraqi prison photographs from Abu Ghraib, Inconvenient Evidence. Then, as part of our continuing Underreported series, we’ll hear from journalist Alex Bellos about some of the unexpected aspects of Brazilian soccer. We’ll hear about the politics of the soccer leagues, and why some players are transferring to far-off places like the Faroe Islands and Estonia. Next, Author M.G. Vassanji draws on his experiences growing up as an Indian in Kenya in his latest novel, The In-Between World of Vikram Lall.And Julian Rubinstein investigates a world of bank heists, ice hockey, and Transylvanian pelt smuggling in his Eastern European true crime book: Ballad of the Whiskey Robber.