Beyond words: David Remnick
For today's entire show we excerpt portions of The New Yorker magazines benefit program Beyond Words in which New Yorker writers read the work of others on-stage. (Taped Thursday, Oct. 11 at Town Hall in New York City). Beyond Words benefits The September 11th Fund. David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker introduces the readings.
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Other segments from the episode on October 12, 2001
Beyond words: Woody Allen
WOODY ALLEN reads from
"Nobody Asked Me But. . ." (1943) by Jimmy Cannon.
"New York City Folklore" (1956) by Damon Runyon
"Damon Runyon's Ashes" (1946/1953) by Damon Runyon, Jr.
Beyond words: Mary Karr
Mary Karr reads:
“There Was Earth Inside Them” (1963) by Paul Celan
“”On Prayer” (1974) by Czeslaw Milosz
Beyond Words; Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley reads from:
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (1928) by Erich Maria Remarque
Beyond Words: Simon Schama
Simon Schama reads from:
"Winston and Clementine: The Personal Letters of the Churchills" (1914-1916)" by Winson Churchill.
Beyond words: Donald Antrim
Donald Antrim reads: Letter to Lady Georgiana (1820) by Sydney Smith.
Beyond words: Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh reads: Farewell (1997) by Agha Shahid Ali.
Beyond words: Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon reads: Ode ii-10 (to Licinius) (23 B.C.) by Horace; A Normal Day by Dorothy Muldoon; September 1, 1939 (1940) by W.H. Auden
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