Kurt Andersen and the writer Jonathan Ames head outdoors to Central Park to talk about what we want and what we create during summer.
Ames is the author of I Pass Like Night,The Extra Man,and What’s Not to Love? The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer. His latest book, My Less Than Secret Life, is a collection of short fiction and essays.
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