In conversation with Gail Eichenthal, Director of Arts Programming at Classical KUSC
Cleopatra’s Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire
The longtime New Yorker writer--who once spent an evening with Jackie Onassis, smoking cigarettes and talking about men--culls from 20 yearsof probing and delightful cultural critiques of fashion, its personages, trends and history, to celebrate the lasting significanceof its ephemeral qualities.
Judith Thurman is widely regarded as one of the great literary journalists of our time. She is renowned for her style, depth, and penetration of her subjects. Her first major work, the biography of Isak Dinesen, won the National Book Award, was short listed for the Pulitzer Prize, and served as the basis for the Sydney Pollack film Out of Africa. Her biography of Colette was short listed for every major U.S. literary prize, including the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Nationa lBook Critic's Circle Award. It won the LA Times Book Award for biography and the Salon Book Award for biography. She is a staff writer for The New Yorker and lives in New York.
Gail Eichenthal is the Director of Arts Programming at Classical KUSC 91.5 FM, and the producer and host of the Saturday talk show, "Arts Alive." She is also the longtime host and producer of the Los Angeles Philharmonic radio broadcasts, as well as the producer of nationally syndicated radio broadcasts by the LA Chamber Orchestra and LA Opera. Gail was previously an award-winning news reporter and anchor at KNXand CBS Radio. Gail's articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the LA Times Magazine, and Symphony Magazine.
