SERIES: The Little Gray Book Lectures

Summary:

Live literary humor and performance

Website:

http://www.littlegraybooks.com

Additional Credits and Funding:

With advice from Jay Allison and Chris Bannon and funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting through the Open Studio Project.

Tones:

Amusing, Authoritative, This American Life-esque

Language:

English

Description:

THE LITTLE GRAY BOOK LECTURES are a series of readings, songs, demonstrations, discussions, and occasional overhead projections that have been held near-monthly in Williamsburg, Brooklyn since 2001. They are now coming via the air to your wireless receiver.

They are coming as SPECIALS that last ONE HOUR, and as SEGMENTS that last BETWEEN TEN AND TWENTY MINUTES.

JOHN HODGMAN, described twice below, hosts. In a feat of great musical invention, an original song is provided on each evening’s subject by Musical Director JONATHAN COULTON.

"...Hodgman sets the pseudo-reflective tone with his wry, hangdog demeanor (he has the vaguely besieged aura of an Ivy League professor uncertain of his tenure), while his guests -- editors and writers, cartoonists and actors -- find amusing ways to jump beyond the limits of the lectern."

-- Los Angeles Times

"[Hodgman's] deceptively gentle deadpan delivery makes him something of a Garrison Keillor for the young and expensively educated..."

-- Time Out New York

"The only thing is, the “Little Gray Book Lectures” are actually funny, and the vibe is surprisingly cozy."

-- The New York Observer

"...the single-most interesting literary event I’ve ever experienced..."

-- Author Chuck Klostermann

“Mondo pithy live entertainments! So funny, addictively fun, this brainy but cozy series features a consistently delightful lineup of doers, talkers, thinkers and/or auctioneers.”

-- Animated Motion Picture Star Sarah Vowell

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