Parting the Waters

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
The Gulf Coast is reeling from a devastating hurricane season. And New York is doing its part to help. Today, we'll celebrate bayou culture with a one hour special featuring highlights from the New Yorker's hurricane relief benefit, "Parting the Waves." Then, Myla Goldberg, the author of Bee Season, tells us about her new novel, Wickett’s Remedy. Plus, Robert D. Kaplan looks at whether current military missions qualify the US as a bona fide imperialist power.

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