TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

Sunday      22 Aug 2010       

PROMO FOR       "Writers on Writing"
*Richard Yates has been described as "America's finest forgotten
author." Yates is probably best known for his first novel,
"Revolutionary Road." The book made "Time" Magazine's list of the 100
best English-language novels since 1923. But it was too late for the
tortured and troubled Yates.  In this hour of To the Best of Our
Knowledge, biographer Blake Bailey introduces us to the life and work of
Richard Yates. Also, Jonathan Lethem  on the legendary science-fiction
author, Philip K. Dick.


PROGRAM RUNDOWN:    "Writers on Writing"


0:00 - 26:34        SEGMENT 1: (26:35)
            Joan Wylie Hall, author of "Shirley Jackson: A Study of
            the Short Fiction," talks with Steve Paulson about the
            Library of America's new volume of Jackson material and
            "Newsweek" critic Malcolm Jones' negative reaction to it. 
            Also, Blake Bailey is the author of "A Tragic Honesty:
            The Life and Work of Richard Yates."  Yates' debut novel
            was "Revolutionary Road," which Kurt Vonnegut hailed as
            "The Great Gatsby" of its time.  Bailey discusses Yates
            and his work with Steve Paulson.
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

26:35 - 27:04  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

27:05 - 37:31       SEGMENT 2: (10:27)
            Chris Bachelder, a frequent contributor to McSweeney's
            Quarterly Concern and "The Believer," talks with Anne
            Strainchamps about his novel "U.S.!"  The novel uses as
            its central character early 20th century novelist Upton
            Sinclair.
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

37:32 - 38:01       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

38:02 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (14:58)
            Jonathan Lethem is the author of several novels and was
            editor of the Library of America's 3-volume boxed set
            "The Philip K. Dick Collection."  Jim Fleming talks with
            Lethem about Dick whom Lethem calls "science fiction's
            Lenny Bruce."
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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8-22-A.



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