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Literature Talk
Literature TalkNew Yorker film critic David Denby unpacks his book about four towering Jewish Americans: Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. An evening of cultural storytelling at Hunter College.
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đprofiles Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer
âïžDenby is longtime New Yorker critic
Book Talk: David Denby
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Literature TalkLiterature TalkNew Yorker film critic David Denby unpacks his book about four towering Jewish Americans: Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. An evening of cultural storytelling at Hunter College.
Cultural history
Author discussion
Literary event
Academic setting
Tips
đprofiles Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer
âïžDenby is longtime New Yorker critic
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