Fall is a busy time in the publishing world, with lots of new titles from big and up and coming authors. Our producer Jordan Lauf, who also helps run our Get Lit book club, joins to give us her recommendations for some new books to check out this Fall, and we take your suggestions.
A Brooklyn Museum exhibition showcases iconic designers such as Kofi Ansah and Shade Thomas-Fahm in an exploration of African fashions from the 1950's to today. Ernestine White-Mifetu, Sills Foundation Curator of African Art, and Annissa Malvoisin, Bard Graduate Center / Brooklyn Museum Postdoctoral Fellow in the Arts of Africa join us to discuss the show, Africa Fashion which is on display through October 22.
The New York Renaissance Faire is underway in Tuxedo, NY, where visitors can revel in the festive and fantastical world of knights and dragons. Amid the heavily-costumed throng, you can hear live music from the middle ages, watch jousting contests and maypole dancers, or throw tomatoes at a jesterly fool in the stockades. Clayton Hamburg, the faire's entertainment coordinator and former Renaissance Faire actor talks about this year's attractions, plus how to make the most of a visit. And listeners call in with their Ren Faire stories and plans.
A new novel tells the story of a Palestinian-American woman who begins to wonder if she might be cursed. Yara should be happy... she has a kind husband, two adorable children, and more freedom to work than her mother did before her. But when Yara has an explosive moment at work, she begins to finally explore why she feels so angry all the time... and wonders if it's connected to an old family curse. Author Etaf Rum joins us to discuss her new novel, Evil Eye.
This episode is guest-hosted by David Furst.
