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 Lapham talks with Nancy Isenberg about the language of poverty and American myths about class, work, and equality. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? More
Lewis Lapham talks to John Micklethwait about rethinking the machinery of the state in the twenty-first century. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Roland Philipps, author of A Spy Named Orphan: The Enigma of Donald Maclean. More
Lewis Lapham talks with Ian Mortimer about the past millennium of human innovation. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with the author of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777. More