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Candy Armstrong-Jones discusses her book "City of Sin"
1970 Studs Terkel plays Wagner’s “Liebestod” to introduce his guest, author Candy Armstrong-Jones. The two discuss her second book, “City of Sin,” a romance about a couple who work at a Chicago newspaper. Despite negative reviews for being pornographic, Armstrong Jones says she is celebrity now, which makes her “swinging” complicated. She asks Terkel if he ever swings several times, to which Terkel replies that he is married.
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Interview with Dagmar Wilson
1967 Terkel interviews activist and children's author Dagmar Wilson. She discusses how she goes from a children's author to an activist for anti-nuclear testing.
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Interview with Patrick Sky
1967 Terkel interviews folk singer Patrick Sky on his latest project. A 19 minute film entitled "Down the Road" Sky directs and stars in the film about pollution. He describes how he acquired the help of local children to shoot the film and how he got permission from the city to shoot on location.
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Interview with Edward Albee
Sep. 21, 1982 Discussing the play "The man who had three arms" with dramatist Edward Albee.
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Interview with Claudia Allen, Brian Rabinowitz, and Meg Thalken
Jul. 17, 1989 Interviewing and reading the play "They Even Got the Rienzi," with playwright Claudia Allen and actors Brian Rabinowitz and Meg Thalken. "They Even Got the Rienzi," is included in the work "Short Stuff: ten to twenty minute plays for mature actors."
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William Gibson discusses writing plays
1969 Now being a professional playwright, William Gibson talked about being able to write one of his plays in 8 days. A lot of the discussion is about his play, "The Miracle Worker". After reading one of Annie Sullivan's letters, and learning about a battle royale that Sullivan had with Helen Keller, Gibson envisioned what that battle royale would look like. It became a now famous part of the play.
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