
John Turturro, Poet Maggie Smith, 'Solitude & Company,' 'Shout,' Women & Cuban Jazz
Actor John Turturro talks about starring in the new film, “Gloria Bell,” with Julianne Moore. Poet Maggie Smith joins us for our ongoing poetry series. Journalist Silvana Paternostro discusses her new book, Solitude & Company: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez Told with Help from his Friends, Family, Fans, Arguers, Fellow Pranksters, Drunks, and a Few Respectable Souls, an oral history of the life of Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel García Márquez before and after he found fame. Laurie Halse Anderson, author of the bestselling young adult novel, Speak, discusses her new memoir, Shout. New York Public Radio's director of archives, Andy Lanset, joins us for this week’s installment of our ongoing series, “Andy in the Archives.” Lauren Du Graf discusses her most recent article for The New Yorker, "A New Vanguard of Women in Cuban Jazz.” She is joined by Melvis Santa, a musician who is featured in the article.


