French Cooking Call-in, 'The Stone Face' Reprint, Gathering During COVID, 'The Watering Hole' at Signature Theatre
New York Times food columnist and cookbook author Melissa Clark joins us to discuss French recipes and techniques in honor of Bastille Day. She's the author of over 40 cookbooks including Dinner in French: My Recipes by Way of France.
Tyler Stovall, dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Adam Shatz, the US editor for London Review of Books, join us to discuss New York Review Books' new edition of William Gardner Smith's 1963 novel, The Stone Face, for which Shatz wrote the introduction. The novel, which has been out of print for decades, will now be available again starting July 13.
Priya Parker joins us for a conversation about gathering together in this phase of the pandemic. She's the author of The Art Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, and host of the New York Times podcast, Together Apart. She's also written a new, downloadable guide called The New Rules of Gathering.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage joins us along with director and co-creator Miranda Haymon to discuss the new collaborative production currently on view at the Signature Theatre titled, "The Watering Hole." The theatrical production and installation is collectively authored with over a dozen other creators and seeks to use the reopening of the Signature Theatre to make theatrical productions and creative processes more inclusive. The production runs through August 8.
