Back Talk Conversations

Back Talk: Karen Cooper 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.

Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Back Talk: Susan Bernofsky 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.

May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Talking With Tony Judt

Talking With Tony Judt Talking With Tony Judt

A discussion with the author of Ill Fares the Land about social democracy, trains and our desiccated ethical vocabulary.

Apr 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Back Talk: Alice Echols 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.

Apr 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Back Talk: Martha C. Nussbaum Back Talk: Martha C. Nussbaum

A conversation with the author of From Disgust to Humanity about various forms of opposition to gay equality.

Feb 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Back Talk: Terry Castle 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.

Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Back Talk: Frederick Wiseman Back Talk: Frederick Wiseman

A conversation with the director of La Danse about the discipline of ballet--and documentary filmmaking.

Dec 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Back Talk: Amy Bach 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.

Nov 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Back Talk: E.L. Doctorow Back Talk: E.L. Doctorow

A conversation with the author of Homer and Langley about opting out.

Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Back Talk: Jarvis Cocker Back Talk: Jarvis Cocker

A conversation with the former frontman of Pulp about the sound of music in the digital era.

Aug 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

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