Dar Williams On Why Towns Fail – Or Thrive!

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 28, 2017

Singer/songwriter Dar Williams joins us to discuss her new book, What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician's Guide to Rebuilding America's Communities—One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a Time. Drawing from her touring experiences through towns across the U.S. as well as tapping into the work of urban theorists, Williams looks at why some towns flourish while others steadily decline. 

Dar Williams will appear on Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. Housing Works Bookstore Café (126 Crosby St. at W. Houston St.).

She will also appear on Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at WORD Bookstore (123 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ).

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