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This episode features the second part of our two-part interview with literary and journalistic legend Gay Talese (click here for part 1). Additionally, in our Italian American Story Segment, we have an interview with Italian-American actress, producer, and television host, Lucia Grillo. Talese is a bestselling author who has written eleven books. He was a reporter for the New York Times from 1956 to 1965, and since then he has written for the Times, Esquire, The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and other national publications.

Lucia Grillo began her theatre studies at the age of fifteen, attending the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York for seven years. She received her B.F.A. in Acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and acted in her first play at the age of six and has since worked in theatre, cinema and television. Grillo founded her own production company, Calabrisella Films  and her directorial debut, the short film, "A pena do pana (The Cost of Bread)," stars internationally acclaimed actor, Vincent Schiavelli, and premiered at AFI Fest in Hollywood. She is also an associate producer for the "Italics" television show (CUNY-TV Channel 75 www.cuny.tv).

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