To the Best of Our Knowledge

PROMO       6/10/2007    "Author, Author" - Part 4 of 4: Pulp
                         Fiction
*Violence, crime, destitution. No so much fun in real life, but in
literature they can be divine. In this hour of To the Best of Our
Knowledge we'll dive into the world of pulp fiction. From the classic
noir novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice" to the gritty under-belly of
Nelson Algren's Chicago. Also, the ground-breaking graphic novels of
Chris Ware. And the wintry paranoia of one of the fastest-growing new
genres: Scandinavian Crime Fiction.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "Pulp Fiction"

0:00 - 20:04        SEGMENT 1: (20:04)
            Nelson Algren reads from his book "Chicago, City on the
            Make." And, Studs Terkel tells Steve Paulson why his
            friend Nelson Algren is one of America's great literary
            secrets. Among Turkel's latest books is "Hope Dies Last."
            Also, Neda Ulaby, NPR reporter and cultural critic, talks
            with Jim Fleming about the film adaptation of Laurence
            Sterne's "Tristram Shandy."  The movie is called
            "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story."  And, musician
            John Wesley Harding (AKA novelist Wesley Stace) tells Jim
            what the original novel is all about. 
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

20:05 - 20:34  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

20:35 - 40:08       SEGMENT 2: (19:34)
            Novelist Tom Wolfe ("The Right Stuff," "Bonfire of the
            Vanities") reads the opening to James M. Cain's "The
            Postman Always Rings Twice."  Also, Steve Paulson reports
            on the new genre of Scandinavian crime fiction and we
            hear a reading from Karin Fossum's "He Who Fears the
            Wolf."  And, graphic novelist Chris Ware talks with Anne
            Strainchamps about the hard work of making comic books. 
            Ware is the author of "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid
            on Earth."  
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

40:09 - 40:38       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

40:39 -53:00        SEGMENT 3: (12:21)
            Charles Bukowski reads his poem, "The Poetry Reading."
            Then, Kristen Asbjornsen speaks with Jim Fleming from her
            home in Norway and explains how she set Bukowski's poems
            to music.  And we hear the results. 
                                                       
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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