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  • Discussing the book "Krik? Krak!" with the author Edwidge Danticat

    May. 8, 1996
  • Billy Taylor

    Discussing the book "Jazz Piano: History and Development" with Billy Taylor

    Nov. 16, 1982

    Studs Terkel and Billy Taylor discuss the book "Jazz Piano: History and Development". They discuss jazz musicians and the history of jazz music. Includes excerpts of drums, piano, and orchestra playing in the background.

  • Bharati Mukherjee

    Discussing the book "Jasmine" with the author Bharati Mukherjee

    Jan. 30, 1991
  • Discussing the book "James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences" with the author, actor James Earl Jones

    Sep. 17, 1993

    *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing the book "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol" with author, actor and educator Tom Mula

    Dec. 16, 1996
  • Discussing the book "Jack Gance" with the author Ward Just

    Jan. 26, 1989
  • Discussing the book "In Country: A Novel" with the author Bobbie Ann Mason

    Sep. 24, 1985
  • Discussing the book "Hocus Pocus" with the author, novelist Kurt Vonnegut

    Oct. 11, 1990
  • Discussing the book "High Times, Hard Times" with Anita O'Day

    May. 3, 1990

    Program includes an excerpt of a 1975 interview with O'Day (T3024.5).

  • Discussing the book "Hell's Angels' ; part 1

    1967
  • Discussing the book "Hand Over Fist" with the author Henry Noyes

    Mar. 5, 1981
  • Discussing the book "Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son" with Adam Hochschild

    Jun. 26, 1986
  • Discussing the book "Guardian Angel" with Sara Paretsky

    Jan. 29, 1992

    A conversation about the seventh installment in the V.I. Warshawski mystery series.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

  • Good Bye, Picasso

    Discussing the book "Good Bye, Picasso"

    Nov. 27, 1974

    David D. Duncan discusses his book "Goodbye, Picasso" and talks about the artwork of Pablo Picasso and his friendship with him. The program opens with Gertrude Stein reading from her poem "If I told him". Excerpts from the dedication of "The Picasso" statue in Daley Plaza. Studs speaks with residents of Chicago and gets their thoughts on the sculpture.

  • Discussing the book "God: A Biography" with Jack Miles

    Apr. 13, 1995
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