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Playwright Jeremy O. Harris

Playwright Jeremy O. Harris

FromFresh Air


Playwright Jeremy O. Harris

FromFresh Air

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jun 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The award-winning playwright of Slave Play helped bring Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window to Broadway. "This play is telling us, in every scene, that no matter how much capitalism corrupts the world of our politics, we cannot lose our ideals," Harris says. "We cannot stop fighting."Maureen Corrigan reviews two roadtrip novels: Richard Ford's Be Mine and Lorrie Moore's I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home.
Released:
Jun 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.