Sunday, April 20 2008

Ethel Merman started out as a working class girl who literally brought the house down one fine night. Tonight, Inquiry speaks with CARYL FLINN, Professor of Women's Studies and Media Arts at the University of Arizona, about her new rich biography BRASS DIVA: THE LIFE AND LEGENDS OF ETHEL MERMAN.

 
Then at 9:30: Do you remember The Poky Little Puppy? Scruffy the Tugboat? Tootles? The Color Kittens? Tonight on Inquiry we speak with noted children’s literature historian LEONARD MARCUS about his fascinating and charming history GOLDEN LEGACY: HOW GOLDEN BOOKS WON CHILDREN’S HEARTS, CHANGED PUBLISHING FOREVER, AND BECAME AN AMERICAN ICON ALONG THE WAY.