{"id":38992,"date":"2020-04-14T10:07:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=38992"},"modified":"2020-04-14T10:07:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:07:58","slug":"gc-cuny-keeps-the-conversation-going-workers-marlon-james-on-fantasy-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/04\/gc-cuny-keeps-the-conversation-going-workers-marlon-james-on-fantasy-fiction.html","title":{"rendered":"<strong>GC CUNY Keeps the Conversation Going:<\/strong>                  <br><em>Workers &#038; Wages with Paul Krugman; <br>Marlon James on Fantasy Fiction<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why has it been so hard for American workers to make a living? Why haven\u2019t the economy\u2019s gains of the recent past meant higher wages for everyone? This week, as inequality and job insecurity are intensified by the Covid-19 pandemic, take look at \u201cWorkers and Wages in America Today\u201d for a long- term perspective. Also, for a change of pace, enjoy&nbsp;a great&nbsp;discussion&nbsp;with Man Booker Prize-winner Marlon James about his venture into fantasy fiction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"167\" data-attachment-id=\"38692\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/gc-presents-banner-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GC PRESENTS banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750-300x67.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750-300x67.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>While events are postponed at&nbsp;<strong>The Graduate Center of the City University of New York&nbsp;<\/strong>in the heart of Manhattan, videos of recent public programs from its archive will be featured here for your enjoyment. The videos offer illuminating discussions in two main categories: insights into current events and conversations with leading writers and artists<\/em>. &nbsp;<em>(Courtesy of GC CUNY\u2019s Public Programs archive.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>+ + +<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eduardo Porter<\/strong>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>The New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;moderates a panel economists that examines the power, or weakness, of the American worker.  They look at factors such as aspects of U.S. markets, technology, globalization, gendered wage patterns, and the decline of unions. The panel features  <strong>Paul Krugman<\/strong> (Nobel Prize\u2013winning economist, New York Times columnist, and distinguished professor at The Graduate Center); <strong>Heidi Shierholz<\/strong> (senior economist and director of policy at The Economic Policy Institute); and <strong>Arindrajit Dube <\/strong>(professor of economics at UMass Amherst).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Workers and Wages in America Today\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5oaNCdfMP64?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Presented at the CUNY Graduate Center on March 6, 2019, with the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>+ + +<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this week&#8217;s second video <strong>Marlon James<\/strong> speaks about his acclaimed 2019 novel&nbsp;<em>Black Leopard, Red Wolf,<\/em> and about fiction and fantasy,&nbsp;with <strong>Victor LaValle<\/strong>, author of <em>The Changeling<\/em> and editor of the speculative fiction anthology <em>A People\u2019s Future of the United States. <\/em>James\u2014winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel <em>A Brief History of Seven Killings<\/em>\u2014is on a quest to fuse epic fantasies like <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> and <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> with the vast African mythology of his Jamaican childhood.  <em>Black Leopard, Red Wolf, <\/em>which was praised by Neil Gaiman as \u201ca fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made,\u201d has been the result so far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Game of Leopards and Wolves: Marlon James in Conversation with Victor LaValle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ATMq2QtfKg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Presented at The Graduate Center CUNY with PEN America on May 8, 2019, as part of the World Voices Festival.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Previously:<\/strong>  <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/04\/gc-cuny-keeps-the-conversation-going-economists-emmanuel-saez-authors-suketu-mehta-gary-shteyngart.html\">Economists Emmanuel Saez &amp; Gabriel Zucman;&nbsp;authors Suketu Mehta &amp; Gary Shteyngart<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why has it been so hard for American workers to make a living? Why haven\u2019t the economy\u2019s gains of the recent past meant higher wages for everyone? This week, as inequality and job insecurity are intensified by the Covid-19 pandemic, take look at \u201cWorkers and Wages in America Today\u201d for a long- term perspective. 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