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CultureJuly 14, 2010
Back Talk: Karen Cooper
The director of Film Forum reflects on forty years of programming new releases, The Solitude of Prime Numbers and the rewards of being an autodidact.
Christine Smallwood
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CultureMay 20, 2010
Back Talk: Susan Bernofsky
A conversation with the translator of Robert Walser’s Microscripts about Walser’s writing rituals, his Chinese box sentences and the beauty of Zusammenhaengen.
Christine Smallwood
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisApril 29, 2010
Talking With Tony Judt
A discussion with the author of Ill Fares the Land about social democracy, trains and our desiccated ethical vocabulary.
Christine Smallwood
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CultureApril 16, 2010
Back Talk: Alice Echols
A conversation with the author of Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture about the birth of disco and its transformation of gay life.
Christine Smallwood
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CultureFebruary 25, 2010
Back Talk: Martha C. Nussbaum
A conversation with the author of From Disgust to Humanity about various forms of opposition to gay equality.
Christine Smallwood
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Autobiography and MemoirJanuary 28, 2010
Back Talk: Terry Castle
A conversation with the author of The Professor about her affair with an older woman and the journals of Susan Sontag.
Christine Smallwood
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CultureDecember 23, 2009
Back Talk: Frederick Wiseman
A conversation with the director of La Danse about the discipline of ballet–and documentary filmmaking.
Christine Smallwood
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Criminal JusticeNovember 11, 2009
Back Talk: Amy Bach
A conversation with the author of Ordinary Injustice about why the right to trial is no protection against a shoddy legal system.
Christine Smallwood
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CultureSeptember 23, 2009
Back Talk: E.L. Doctorow
A conversation with the author of Homer and Langley about opting out.
Christine Smallwood
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CultureAugust 26, 2009
Back Talk: Jarvis Cocker
A conversation with the former frontman of Pulp about the sound of music in the digital era.
Christine Smallwood