Best known for her memoir Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest book is a novel, The Signature of All Things. According to her official website, she lives on the Delaware River, in Frenchtown, New Jersey, information I take as an invitation to drop in. But I’ll call first, so there’s food in the house. And … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Episode 63: Isaac Mizrahi
When he was a ten-year-old Brooklyn yeshiva boy, his father gave him a sewing machine. It’s like The Sword in the Stone, the perfect destiny-calling start for a man who’s distinguished himself as a fashion designer and more. He’s created sets and costumes, directed opera (including the Magic Flute) and appeared in movies and television … Continue reading »
Episode 62: Gail Collins
Journalist Gail Collins ia best known for her column in the New York Times. Rachel Maddow called her “the funniest serious political commentator in America.” I’d perhaps amend that to intentionally funny, lest we forget… I think you know. Her most recent book is As Texas Goes: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American … Continue reading »
Episode 61: Mayor David Dinkins
David Dinkins is the son of a barber and a domestic. After leaving the Marine Corps, he attended Howard University on the GI Bill, graduated cum laude, then earned a law degree while working nights. In 1989 he was elected the 106th mayor of the city of New York. Among his many accomplishments, it was … Continue reading »