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Ophthalmologist Dr. Asher Weiner

Ophthalmologist Dr. Asher Weiner

An encore airing of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation about glaucoma and other eye problems with Ophthalmologist Dr. Asher Weiner. 

A New Future For The New York History Journal

A New Future For The New York History Journal

On this special edition of A New York Minute In History we discuss an exciting development regarding the New York History Journal. Starting this year, Cornell University Press will publish the century-old journal. Working in association with an editorial team at the...

#1591 – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

#1591 – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s first short story collection, “Friday Black,” is a satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America, offering surreal tales and dystopian satire about American consumerism and race.

#1592 – Helen Klein Ross

#1592 – Helen Klein Ross

Helen Klein Ross is a poet and novelist whose new novel, “The Latecomers,” tells the story of an Irish immigrant, an ancestral home in New England and the dark secrets hidden in its walls for generations. Interweaving timelines span an American century, from 1899 to...

#1538: Documentary Filmmaker Barbara Kopple; Spoon Carving

#1538: Documentary Filmmaker Barbara Kopple; Spoon Carving

On this week’s 51%, we speak with filmmaker Barbara Kopple, about her current works, and one from decades ago; hear wistful words about a lesbian bar up for sale; and learn about carving spoons in a women’s woodshop.  In her documentary, “A Murder in Mansfield,”...