James McGrath

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

Charles Chapin's career with Joseph Pulitzer's New York Evening World ended spectacularly when, in 1918, he shot his wife Nellie. He was sentenced to 20 to life in Sing-Sing. James McGrath Morris' recent biography of Chapin is called The Rose Man of Sing Sing: A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism.

Events: James McGrath Morris will be having an event tonight at 7 pm at the KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street

Music: Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era, Volume 1, Pauline Alpert (Pavilion Records -- GEMM CD 9201)

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