Five years ago in Oakland, journalist Chauncey Bailey was gunned down while working on a story for the Oakland Post. He was investigating the Your Black Muslim Bakery — later revealed to be a front for a variety of illegal activities.
David Kipen joins the show to discuss the winners of last night's National Book Critics Circle awards for 2011, including Edith Pearlman's "Binocular Vision."
Brendan Francis Newnam and Rico Gagliano of The Dinner Party Download are back to provide smart and witty conversation fodder for our weekend dinner parties.