Paul Auster and Spencer Ostrander on Gun Violence, Anna Kendrick on 'Alice, Darling,' Malcolm-Jamal Warner, J. Ivy's 'The Poet Who Sat By The Door'
All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jan 11, 2023
Author Paul Auster has personal experience with gun violence: his grandmother shot and killed his grandfather when Auster's father was young. In his latest book, Bloodbath Nation, Auster traces America's long and tragic history with gun violence. The book also features photographs from Spencer Ostrander, who has photographed the sites of over thirty mass shootings. Auster and Ostrander join us to discuss.
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Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick stars in the new film "Alice, Darling" as a woman trapped in an abusive relationship. The Guardian calls it "a career-best performance." Kendrick joins us. "Alice, Darling" is in AMC theaters on January 20.
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Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is up for a Grammy for his recent spoken-word album, Hiding In Plain View. He also stars in the upcoming series, "Accused," on Fox. He joins us to discuss his current projects.
[REBROADCAST FROM October 3, 2022] The NAACP Image award-winning slam poet J. Ivy is back with his sixth album, The Poet Who Sat By The Door, with his spoken word featured under music featuring John Legend, PJ Morton, Musiq Soulchild, BJ the Chicago Kid, and more. Ivy is widely known for his appearances on the "HBO Def Poetry" series, as well as his inclusion on Kanye West's The College Dropout (Ivy also was a lead writer on the recent Netflix documentary series, "jeen-yuhs: A Kanye West Trilogy"). J. Ivy joins us for a Listening Party for the album which has been nominated for a Grammy award.Â
