Laura Mayer appears in the following:
Lydia Davis and Eliot Weinberger Have High School Reunion at KGB Bar
Monday, November 07, 2011
Two famed poets, essayists and translators — Lydia Davis and Eliot Weinberger — recently read from new work at the True Story: Non-Fiction reading series at the KGB Bar in the East Vi...
Janet Malcolm and Ian Frazier Talk Shop at The New Yorker Festival
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Journalist Janet Malcolm and New Yorker writer Ian Frazier discussed the nature of the journalist/interviewee relationship, the impact of technology on their work, and early writing...
Watch | Speaking with 9/11 Memorial Construction Workers
Friday, September 09, 2011
The 9/11 Memorial has been underway for the past three years — since the fall of 2008. In the weeks leading up to the 10th anniversary of 9/11, WNYC producers Laura Mayer and Stephen Nessen went down to the World Trade Center site to collect impressions and stories from the construction workers working on the memorial and towers.
Photographer Richard Drew Remembers 'The Falling Man'
Thursday, September 08, 2011
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Richard Drew worked as a photographer for the Associated Press for 32 years before he took his most powerful image on Sept. 11, 2001. Drew has called "The Falling Man" “the mos...
Vital Organs: The Premier Performance of the Manton Memorial Pipe Organ
Friday, April 29, 2011
On Sunday, you can experience the sound of a pipe organ in Greenwich Village at the Church of the Ascension on Fifth Avenue and 10th Street.
Talk to Me: Stranger Performances
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
A large swatch of artist Laurel Nakadate's work features performances in which she performs acts with strangers—and videotapes them. Nakadate recently discussed her work at UnionDocs ...
Talk to Me: Story Prize: Short Stories, Big Prizes
Monday, March 07, 2011
Click hear to listen to the three Story Prize finalists—Anthony Doerr, Yiyun Li and Suzanne Rivecca—read from their work.
Talk to Me: Zadie Smith and Gemma Sieff
Monday, February 07, 2011
WNYC recently attended a conversation between novelist, professor and critic Zadie Smith and her new editor at Harper's, Gemma Sieff.
True Story Non-Fiction: Vivian Gornick on Work
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
At last month's True Story: Non-Fiction at KGB Bar, famed essayist, journalist and critic Vivian Gornick talked about womanhood, working and life as a woman worker. Click here to listen.
Authors Tackle the Hip-Hop Economy and Riot Grrrls at KGB Bar
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
In the latest episode of KGB's non-fiction reading series, Dan Charnas reads from his forthcoming book "The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop," and Sara Marcus reads...
True Story Non-Fiction: Moustafa Bayoumi
Friday, October 08, 2010
In the latest episode of KGB's non-fiction reading series, Moustafa Bayoumi read from his book, "How Does it Feel to be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America."
Joshua Foer and Francine Prose
Thursday, September 30, 2010
The opening night of this season's True Story: The KGB Nonfiction Reading Series—a, you guessed it, nonfiction reading series at KGB bar—explored memory, record-keeping and truth, wit...
Eating during Wartime: Sumptuous Stories from Annia Ciezadlo and Nathan Deuel
Friday, June 18, 2010
Eating during Wartime: Sumptuous Stories from Annia Ciezadlo and Nathan Deuel
Traveling Friends: Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt on Harlem and Alice Albinia on the Indus River Valley
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Traveling Friends: Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt on Harlem and Alice Albinia on the Indus River Valley
Talk to Me: Big Money for Short Stories
Friday, April 30, 2010
The Story Prize recognizes one author's collection of short fiction with a $20,000 award. Listen to this year's finalists read from their works.
Talk To Me: Laurie Anderson's Favorite 'Wrong Science'
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Art-rocker Laurie Anderson talked about feeling like a god and "wrong sciences" for the Rubin Museum's Brainwave series. Stream the talk here for free.
Winterson And Homes
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Several countries have banned their writing. At a recent event, the pair discussed their controversial pieces. Listen now.
Talk to Me: Emitting Ecstatic Energy
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Writer and composer John Adams' discusses Carl Jung's paintings. and travels in the unconscious mind. Stream the conversation here.
