Articles Tagged ‘ pulitzer prize ’

Empires of Illusion, Empires of Torture

October 6th, 2009

Journalist Chris Hedges talks about EMPIRE OF ILLUSION: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. He says Americans are in thrall to a culture of narcissism, revenge, and fake “happiness” that is destroying our democracy — and our power to connect genuinely with others. And former Army intelligence officer and constitutional scholar Chris Pyle says the Bush Administration is GETTING AWAY WITH TORTURE. He tells us about secret government, war crimes, and the rule of law.

Richard Wilbur: Great American Poet

August 13th, 2009

We speak with former U.S. Poet Laureate Richard Wilbur about new poems and old, the art of translation, and his evolution as a poet, and Wilbur also reads from his work for us. We also hear an excerpt from an interview Writers Voice did with Jeanne Braham, about her book LIGHT WITHIN THE LIGHT: Portraits of Donald Hall, Richard Wilbur, Maxine Kumin, and Stanley Kunitz.

Molly Haskell, Frankly My Dear and more

March 10th, 2009

Film critic Molly Haskell talks about her finely written treatment of the American classic (book and film) Gone With the Wind. It’s called FRANKLY MY DEAR: Gone with the Wind Revisited. After that, we visit the Enchanted Circle Theater’s production of The Skinner Servants Tour. Also, poets Carol Edelstein and Anis Mojgani.

Comix as Art and Politics: Art Spiegelman and Greg Palast

October 20th, 2008

Host Francesca Rheannon interviews comix master Art Spiegelman. Also, investigative journalist Greg Palast talks about the comic book he produced with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., STEAL BACK YOUR VOTE!.

Ron Suskind, THE WAY OF THE WORLD and ELIZABETH WINTHROP, COUNTING ON GRACE

October 4th, 2008

Francesca talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind about . Also, Elizabeth Winthrop on , the story of an 11-year old girl working in the textile mills of Vermont at the turn of the twentieth century.

David Cay Johnston, FREE LUNCH

September 26th, 2008

Francesca interviews reporter David Cay Johnston about his investigation into how government policy is rigged to enrich the super wealthy. And Francine Prose talks about GOLDENGROVE, her new coming-of-age novel.

Anthony Lewis on the First Amendment

June 3rd, 2008

Host Francesca Rheannon talks with two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Lewis about his pithy and thought-provoking “biography” of the First Amendment, FREEDOM FOR THE THOUGHT WE HATE.