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Interviewing Joyce Johnson

BROADCAST: Feb. 8, 1983 | DURATION: 00:52:01

Synopsis

The American author of fiction and nonfiction talks about her memoir, Minor Characters, and the time that she spent with Jack Kerouac and the other artists that made up the Beat Generation. The program includes clips from an earlier conversation with Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Peter Orlovsky.

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

Details

Broadcast Date
Feb. 8, 1983

Duration
52 minutes, 1 second

Topics

Myths, Stories, Storytelling Beat Generation

People

Authors, Writers Editors

Tags

Johnson, Joyce Minor characters. Poets Authors, American Audiotapes Radio programs WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Ginsberg, Allen 1926-1997 Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 The Beat Generation Bohemianism

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