John Lithgow with Calvin Trillin
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Our guest is actor, artist, and now - published poet John Lithgow, known for his television and film roles including \\u201cThird Rock From the Sun,\\u201d \\u201cThe Crown,\\u201d and \\u201cThe World According to Garp\\u201d - and numerous stage credits, most recently playing Bill Clinton in \\u201cHillary and Clinton.\\u201d Lithgow plays Roger Ailes in the 2019 film \\u201cBombshell\\u201d and he\\u2019s just published \\u201cDumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse\\u201d. The book, featuring Lithgow\\u2019s own illustrations, chronicles the last few years in politics with his characteristic sharp wit. On October 30, 2019, John Lithgow came to the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco to talk with New Yorker staff writer and humorist Calvin Trillin.
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