DescriptionAt a time when the country is divided by politics, culture, and religion, can we come together as a nation? How do we listen to people with different points of view? What are our common values as Americans? Mario Cuomo, a Democrat who served three terms as New York governor, addresses these compelling questions. This event took place on October 2, 2005.
DescriptionMike White wrote the screenplay for the film School of Rock, about a failed rock musician who pretends to be a substitute teacher. His other film credits include the award-winning Chuck & Buck, in which he also starred, The Good Girl, and Orange County . His next film project, Nacho Libre, which stars Jack Black and is being directed by Jared Hess, begins shooting this fall. Cressida Leyshon is the deputy fiction editor of The New Yorker .
DescriptionA.M. Homes is the author of two story collections, a travel memoir, and four novels, including The End of Alice and Music for Torching, parts of which first ran in The New Yorker . Her most recent New Yorker piece, "The Mistress's Daughter", appeared in the 2004 Winter Fiction Issue. Her novel This Book Will Save Your Life will be published next April. Jeffrey Eugenides is the author of two novels: The Virgin Suicides, which was made into a feature film directed by Sofia Coppola, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Middlesex, parts of which first appeared in The New Yorker . He is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship and a Whiting Writers' Award, and is currently at work on a third novel.
DescriptionBest-selling author Jonathan Safran Foer reads from his new novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close . He is introduced by novelist Michael Cunningham, perhaps best known for The Hours, winner of The Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1998. This event took place on April 4, 2005.
DescriptionSusie Essman, star of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Joy Behar, co-host of The View, discuss Susie's career and personal life, all with a healthy dose of sarcasm, at New York's 92nd Street Y. This event took place on January 8, 2006.
DescriptionJonathan Safran Foer made his fiction debut in The New Yorker 's 2001 Summer Fiction Issue with "The Very Rigid Search", which was part of his first novel, Everything Is Illuminated . The editor of the anthology A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Work of Joseph Cornell, he is currently collecting blank sheets of paper from writers for his Empty Page Project and working on a second novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close . Martin Amis is the author of numerous books, among them the novels Money, London Fields, The Information, and Yellow Dog ; The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 ; and Experience: A Memoir . Vintage Amis, a collection of excerpts from his fiction and nonfiction, was published in January. He has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1992.
DescriptionCharles Burns contributes covers and illustrations to The New Yorker . He first gained prominence for his work in Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly's Raw magazine in the 1980s, and has since worked on projects ranging from an Iggy Pop album cover to a recent ad campaign for Altoids. His graphic novel Black Hole is out in October. Chris Ware's graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, parts of which first appeared in The New Yorker, was included in the 2002 Whitney Biennial. His collection The ACME Novelty Library is out this fall, and he is at work on two graphic novels. He began contributing drawings, comic strips, and cover art to the magazine in 1999.
DescriptionOne tough cookie. Edie Falco has received three Emmys and two Golden Globes for her performance as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos . Her Broadway credits include Side Man, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, and 'night, Mother . She has acted in numerous films, winning the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Sunshine State, and will appear in the upcoming The Quiet, The Great New Wonderful, and Freedomland . Jeffrey Toobin has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1993. He is also the senior legal analyst for CNN. He is the author of Too Close to Call, about the 2000 election; A Vast Conspiracy, about the Clinton sex scandal; and The Run of His Life, about the trial of O. J. Simpson.
DescriptionJon Lee Anderson, a New Yorker staff writer, reports frequently from Iraq and has covered conflicts in Afghanistan and Angola as well. His books include The Lion's Grave and The Fall of Baghdad . Larissa MacFarquhar joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 1998. She has written for the magazine on Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, and Richard Posner, among many other subjects. Her most recent Profile, of Edward Albee, appeared in the April 4th issue.
DescriptionEdwidge Danticat's books include the novels Breath, Eyes, Memory ; The Farming of Bones, which received an American Book Award in 1999; and The Dew Breaker, which was published this year; and the story collection Krik? Krak!, which was nominated for a National Book Award. Her work has been translated into 12 languages. Chang-rae Lee is the author of the novels Native Speaker, which won a Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a first book of fiction and an American Book Award; A Gesture Life ; and Aloft, which came out in March 2004. A contributor to The New Yorker since 1995, his story "Daisy", part of Aloft, appeared in the January 12, 2004 issue.
