Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, and author of “The Stowaway” (Simon & Schuster). Her forthcoming biography of Amelia Earhart will be published by Viking.
Laurie Gwen Shapiro
By Laurie Gwen Shapiro
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Editpr’s Note: A version of this piece was published by the Forward in 2019; we’re revisiting it on the occasion of Emma Lazarus’ birthday. Lazarus was born on July 22, 1849. This tale features feminist heroes not normally paired: the 19th-century poet Emma Lazarus and the (very alive) avant-garde musician and artist Laurie Anderson. Of…
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