May 31, 1988

Interview and Performance with David Frishberg, Part 2.

Jazz singer, songwriter David Frishberg returns for part two of a two-part interview. Throughout the 60s, Frishberg wrote songs like "I'm Hip" and "Peel Me a Grape." Then in the early 70s, he started singing his own songs. (Rebroadcast. Original broadcast on March 7, 1988.)

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May 31, 1988

27:59

Doris Lessing's Science Fiction.

Writer Doris Lessing. Since her first novel, The Grass is Singing, published in 1950, she has written many books and plays, including the Children of Violence series, The Golden Notebook, and more recently Shikasta and her "space-fiction" series. Her new novel is titled The Fifth Child. Fresh Air book critic John Leonard once described Mrs. Lessing as "one of the half-dozen most interesting minds to have chosen to write fiction in English in this century."

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May 31, 1988

06:47

Gram Parsons Brought Country Back Into Rock and Roll.

Rock historian Ed Ward profiles the late Gram Parsons, who added a country flavor to rock with groups like The Byrds.

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May 31, 1988

03:50

Social Satire That's "A Bit Too Cutting."

Book critic John Leonard reviews Thank God for the Atom Bomb, a new book of essays by University of Pennsylvania professor Paul Fussell.

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Interview and Performance with David Frishberg, Part 2.

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Doris Lessing's Science Fiction.

Gram Parsons Brought Country Back Into Rock and Roll.

Social Satire That's "A Bit Too Cutting."

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