April 14, 2025 - David Grann, a David Lynch tribute at the Somerville Theatre, and Daniel Mendelsohn

David Grann, author of “The Wager,” and “Killers of the Flower Moon,  is a #1 “New York Times” best selling author and an award-winning staff writer at “The New Yorker” magazine.  He joins The Culture Show to talk about  his writing and reporting process, and adapting his work for the screen. On April 27th he’ll be honored at the Associates of the Boston Public Library's 35th annual Literary Lights dinner.From there Ian Judge, Creative Director at The Somerville Theatre, gives us an overview of  “Wonderful & Strange: A Tribute to David Lynch. It kicks off on April 16th and runs through April 19th. To learn more, go here.Finally, Daniel Mendelsohn—Charles Ranlett Flint Professor of Humanities at Bard College, and frequent contributor of essays to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books where he is Editor-at-Large—discusses  his new translation of Homer's “The Odyssey.” Tonight he’ll be at Harvard Bookstore for an event at 7:00. To learn more, go here.