Leonard Lopate Weekend: Lee Smith, Lesley Stahl, and Richard Linklater

The Leonard Lopate Show | Apr 15, 2016

Novelist Lee Smith, who is known for her literary depictions of life in Appalachia, talks about her memoir, Dimestore: A Writer's Life. Lesley Stahl, the first woman to serve as CBS News' White House Correspondent, discusses her latest book Becoming Grandma: The Joys and the Science of the New Grandparenting. Richard Linklater discusses his new film "Everybody Wants Some!!" which some call the sequel to "Dazed and Confused." 

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