Brothers David and Joe Henry talk about their new biography of Richard Pryor, Furious Cool, about the genius of his comedy and the mythic, tortured, tragic life behind it.
Brothers David and Joe Henry talk about their new biography of Richard Pryor, Furious Cool, about the genius of his comedy and the mythic, tortured, tragic life behind it.
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Eric Foner, author of Battles for Freedom: The Use and Abuse of American History. More
Lewis Lapham talks with historian Miles Unger about the Florentine father of modern political science. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America’s Imperfect Union. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis. More