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Phillip Lopate will join us for an “Underread Book Club” discussion of Turgenev’s late masterpiece “Virgin Soil.” When it was published in1877, Turgenev became world famous: a month after it was published 52 young men and women were arrested in Russia on charges of revolutionary conspiracy, and a shocked public in France, Britain, and America turned to the novel for enlightenment. Its effect on American readers was enormous. Turgenev’s 1860s Russian radicals may remind you of 1960s American radicals and the political discussions often sound like the arguments being made today. 
Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, a lively discussion with author Diana Senechal on why words matter. It’s hard to deny that the English...
Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Leonard's guest is Abby Ellin talking about “Duped” and sharing her unbelievable story. In her book “Duped: Double...
On today’s Leonard Lopate At Large Leonard talks with Director Frances Causey and producer Sally Holst: “The Long Shadow.” Of all the divisions in...