Book Roundup, Miracle Mets, Afropunk, 'Renegade Anthropologists,' All Things Classical, 'They Could Have Named Her Anything'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Aug 19, 2019

Maris Kreizman joins us in studio for this week’s reviews/previews roundup for books. 

[REBROADCAST] Art Shamsky, former right-fielder for the Mets, and Erik Sherman, a sports biographer, join us to discuss their new book, After the Miracle: The Lasting Brotherhood of the ’69 Mets, which tells the story of how the Mets suddenly became World Series champs of 1969.

Matthew Morgan, CEO of Afropunk, joins us to discuss the festival’s history as well as this year’s lineup.

Charles King joins us to discuss his new book, Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century.

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.”

Stephanie Jimenez joins us to discuss her new novel, They Could Have Named Her Anything.

 

This episode is guest-hosted by Nancy Giles.

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