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DO WRITERS STILL MATTER?
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
Some critics call V.S. Naipaul the world's greatest
living writer. But his harsh views on Islam and the Third World
have sparked enormous controversy. In this hour of To the Best
of Our Knowledge, Naipaul talks about his life as a writer.
Also, poetry for the ages: we'll hear Yeats, Auden and Langston
Hughes read their own work.
SEGMENT 1:
Andre Brink is a white South African novelist
whose anti-apartheid books inspired Nelson Mandela and became
a lightning rod for criticism from the ruling regime. He tells
Steve Paulson how the end of apartheid has changed things, especially
for writers. Brinks' latest novel is "The Rights of Desire." Also,
Allan Gurganus (author "Oldest Confederate Widow Tells
All" and the collection of stories "The Practical Heart") tells
Jim Fleming how he first experienced the power of art and why
he writes about Capital "T" Truths in his books.
SEGMENT 2:
"Poetry Speaks" is an anthology of poetry which
includes three CD's of recording of poets reading their own work.
The package was edited by Dominique Raccah, who tells Anne
Strainchamps why she loves hearing the actual voices of people
like Denise Levertov, W.H. Auden and Robert Frost. And we hear
them, too.
SEGMENT 3:
Nobel laureate V.S. Naipul talks with Steve
Paulson about feeling like an outsider when he went to University
in England and condemns the nihilism of the Islamic fundamentalists
who attacked the World Trade Center. He says they only want to
destroy things and have nothing to offer as a replacement.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 02-01-06-A.
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Books:
- Andre Brink, The Rights of Desire
(Harcourt Brace)
- Allan Gurganus, The Practical Heart
(Knopf)
- V.S. Naipul, Half a Life (Knopf)
- Dominique Raccah, series editor Elise
Paschen, Rebekah Presson Mosby, eds. Poetry Speaks: Hear
Great Poets Read Their Work from Tennyson to Plath (includes
3 cd's) (Sourcebooks Trade)
Music:
- "Mandela" Soundtrack CD #22 - Kalahari Surfers
w/ "Guns and Pangas" Island Records
- "Murray Perahia Plays Franck and Liszt" CD #1 -
Franck: Prelude, M. 21 Sony Classical
- Aine Minogue w/ "To Warm the Winter Night" CD #10
- "Mummer's March" Evergreen Music
- Aine Minogue w/ "To Warm the Winter Night" #2 -
"Horn Dance" Evergreen Music
- Joe Henderson w/ "Lush Life" #3 - "Blood Count"
PolyGram Records
Distribution dates:
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be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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