Kathleen Hill and Steven Gaines join Leonard in-studio for a discussion about what makes a great memoir.
“One of These Things First” by Steven Gaines is a wry and poignant reminiscence of a 15-year-old gay Jewish boy in Brooklyn in the early sixties and his unexpected trajectory from a life behind a rack of dresses in his grandmother’s bra and girdle store, to Manhattan’s fabled Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, a fashionable Charenton for wealthy neurotics and Ivy League alcoholics.
Today Leonard has a conversation with D.D. Guttenplan on his new book, “The Next Republic: The Rise of a New Radical Majority,” about how...
Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Michael Greenberg discusses the NYRB series and the latest major developments in California’s political realm. “A kindling sense...
Join Leonard for a special Leonard Lopate at Large with master instrumentalist. Kenny Werner has been a world-class pianist and composer for over 40...