Fiction Writers Respond to the Election. An Architectural History of NYC.

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 16, 2016

Authors Alexander Chee, Jade Chang and Imbolo Mbue discuss their own experiences with racism and sexism in the publishing industry. Tony Award-winning actor Jane Alexander discusses her book, Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth. A new collection of stories by Alexander Weinstein, Children of the New World, looks at how our growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society. The Landmarks of New York illustrates more than 1,100 buildings that have been accorded landmark status over the past 40 years.

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