Breaking Ground

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Daniel Libeskind reflects on the meaning of life and architecture, and reveals some of the behind the scenes struggles of the plans to rebuild the World Trade Center site, in his new book Breaking Ground. Then, Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt fleshes out the life of the Bard in his latest work, Will in the World. Cynthia Ozick discusses her new novel, Heir to the Glimmering World, and Mona Z. Smith shares her biography of Canada Lee: Becoming Something: The Story of Canada Lee, the Untold Tragedy of the Great Black Actor, Activist, and Athlete.

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