Hilton Als

Special Guest: Hilton Als

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Hilton Als is a staff writer at the New Yorker, where he writes about music and film and literature. He is the author of The Women, a memoir about racial and sexual identity. His new book, The Group, about the writer James Baldwin and his devotees, will be published next spring.

Mamet’s “Race”

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At the Sound of the Beep

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Toni Morrison Reads from Song of Solomon

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Oprah Winfrey and Race in America

Today Oprah Winfrey signs off after 25 years as the queen of daytime talk. Oprah has built a multi-billion-dollar media empire. She’s one of only two African-Americans ever to grace the Forbes billionaire list –  and the only black woman ever to do so. Many would argue that her success as one of the few black […]