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  • Discussing the biography "Ferlinghetti, The Artist In His Time" with the author, biographer, poet and editor Barry Silesky

    Sep. 5, 1990
  • Discussing the autobiography "Laurence Olivier: A Biography" with the author Donald Spoto

    Mar. 11, 1992

    Program includes excerpts of speeches from "Henry V" and "Hamlet Speak the Speech".

  • Discussing the autobiographical play "A Couple of Blaguards," the authors, brothers Frank and Malachy McCourt

    Jul. 24, 1984
  • Abbie Hoffman

    Discussing the antinuclear movement with Dr. Carl Johnson, Abbie Hoffman; and the author of "Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America's Experience with Atomic Radiation" Harvey Wasserman

    Nov. 18, 1983
  • Discussing the 30th anniversary re-issue of an annotated edition of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl:Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript, and Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public Reading"

    Sep. 21, 1987
  • Discussing Steppenwolf Theatre's production of Chekhov's play, "Three Sisters," with the play's translator, playwright Lanford Wilson, and director Austin Pendleton

    Dec. 4, 1984
  • Discussing Shakespeare and Tom Stoppard with Bob Benedetti and Nick Rudall

    Jun. 19, 1979

    Studs talks with the actors about the Court Theatre's productions of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. Program includes some dramatic readings from the plays.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing Saint Augustine with author, journalist, and historian Garry Wills : part 1

    Sep. 5, 1997
  • Discussing reductions in U.S. military spending with authors and activists Admiral Eugene Carroll (U.S. retired) and Lawrence Korb

    Jul. 28, 1995
  • Discussing productions of her plays "Path of Ashes" and "Maid's Play," with playwright and director Nicole Dreiske

    Nov. 1, 1983

    Discussing productions of her plays "Path of Ashes" and "Maid's Play," with playwright and director Nicole Dreiske.

  • Discussing poetry with William Stafford

    May. 11, 1979

    The poet and professor talks about his influences - not other poets, but his mother and his childhood in Kansas. Studs plays a clip from an earlier interview with Stafford.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing parody and interviewing Judith Wax

    Jan. 15, 1974

    The author of The Waterbury Tales, talks about how she was inspired to use the format of The Canterbury Tales to tell the story of the Watergate scandal. Includes recordings of Dorothy Parker and examples of people reading with Middle English pronunciations.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing Northlight Theatre's production of "Uncommon Ground," with Jeremy Lawrence and Donald Moffat

    Jan. 7, 1991
  • Discussing Nicaragua with authors and activists Charles Gray and Dorothy Granada

    Apr. 2, 1992
  • Discussing mass media and interviewing Keith Wetstone

    1963
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