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MAPPING THE IMAGINATION
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Program 06-12-03-b |
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There are lots of good reasons for belonging to an automobile service club like Triple A, but if, way down deep, you really only do it for the Trip-Tiks, then you wont want to miss our next program. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, maps and the imagination. We'll consider what kind of information belongs on a map - geographical, geological or gastronomical! And well meet the Californian who made it a personal pilgrimage to visit the sites associated with his states visionaries.
SEGMENT 1:
Erik Davis, a fifth generation Californian, tells Jim Fleming that geographically and culturally, his state supports diversity and exploration. Davis is the author of “The Visionary State: A Journey Through California’s Spiritual Landscape.” The book features photographs by Michael Rauner, some of which can be seen at ttbook.org. Also, Peter Turchi is the author of “Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer.” He tells Steve Paulson that both map-making and writing place great importance on the empty spaces.
SEGMENT 2:
Chitra Divakaruni immigrated to the United States from India. She’s written successful novels for adults and tells Anne Strainchamps that the events of 9/11 convinced her of the importance of multi-cultural literature for children. So she wrote “The Conch Bearer” and its sequel, “The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming.” Also, Simon Winchester tells Jim Fleming about the life of William Smith and his struggle to create the world’s first geological map. His book on the subject is “The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology.”
SEGMENT 3:
Madhur Jaffrey is the Julia Child of India. He memoir is called “Climbing the Mango Trees.” Jaffrey talks with Anne Strainchamps about her extended Indian family and explains that there are as many kinds of mango in India as there are cheese in America.
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Books:
| Erik Davis The Visionary State:
A Journey Through California's Spiritual Landscape Michael Rauner
(Photographer) Chronicle Books
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| Peter Turchi Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer Trinity University Press |  |
| Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The Conch Bearer (Paperback) Aladdin; Reprint edition |
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| Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming: Book II of the Brotherhood of the Conch Roaring Brook Press |  |
| Simon Winchester The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (Paperback) Harper Perennial; Reprint edition |  |
| Madhur Jaffrey Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India Knopf |  |
Websites:
- Erik Davis' website:
http://www.visionarystate.com/
Music:
- California Dreamin’ by The Mamas and the Pappas (downloaded)
- Ernst Toch: Geographical Fugue performed by Turtle Creek Chorale, directed by Timothy Seelig from “Postcards” Reference Recordings RR 61
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road from “The Wizard of Oz” Original Soundtrack
- Gustav Holst: Seven Scottish Airs performed by Angele Dubeau & La Pieta Analekta AN 2 8721 www.analekta.com
- Palmistry by Tabla Beat Science from India:
The Greatest Songs Ever Petrol 060 www.petrolrecords.com
| week of 10/21/2007
- hour 2 week of 12/03/2006 - hour 1 |
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