Creative Journalists Series - Kurt Andersen

From: New Letters on the Air
Series: New Letters on the Air
Length: 29:00

Kurt Andersen, who gained distinction as a journalist, then co-editor of SPY magazine, and now host of public radio's STUDIO 360, talks about a relatively new passion: writing novels. He reads from HEYDAY and TURN OF THE CENTURY. Read the full description.

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Playing: Creative Journalists Series - Kurt Andersen
From: New Letters on the Air

Andersen_kurt_small Co-founder of the infamous and now-defunct SPY magazine, Kurt Andersen is a long-time journalist, who's also written fiction and essays and is now famous as the host of the public radio program, Studio 360. He discusses the sometimes alternating demands of interviewing creative people and being creative in his own right and reads from his novel HEYDEY and talks about his earlier novel, TURN OF THE CENTURY.

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Piece Description

Co-founder of the infamous and now-defunct SPY magazine, Kurt Andersen is a long-time journalist, who's also written fiction and essays and is now famous as the host of the public radio program, Studio 360. He discusses the sometimes alternating demands of interviewing creative people and being creative in his own right and reads from his novel HEYDEY and talks about his earlier novel, TURN OF THE CENTURY.

Broadcast History

This program originally uplinked to PRSS' Content Depot on August 13, 2010 for delivery to member stations.

Timing and Cues

PROMO: This week, NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR continues its summer series on creative journalists with Kurt Andersen. Public radio fans may know him as the host of STUDIO 360, but he's also an accomplished novelist. He talks about his passion for fiction writing, and reads from his two novels, HEYDEY and TURN OF THE CENTURY. Andersen also discusses the heady days before the Internet when he co-founded SPY magazine. Journalist and fiction writer,Kurt Andersen, on the next NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR.
UPLINK DATE: 08/13/2010
PROGRAM LENGTH: 29:00 minutes
INCUE: (music) "Kurt Andersen has written for all types of media..."
OUTCUE: "...thanks for listening to NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR."

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Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
Pure Attitude	Kevin MacLeod	royalty free production music.	incompetech.com		00:00

Additional Credits

New Letters on the Air is a production of the quarterly literary magazine, New Letters, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Partial financial support comes from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.