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Rookwood on your radio
Paul Maassen manages WYSO Public Radio in Yellow Springs. He asked me to contribute an interview to a program that he hosts at the station;WYSO’s weekly newsmagazine, WYSO Weekend.
I asked Anita Ellis about her book; Rookwood and the American Indian: Masterpieces of American Art Pottery from the James J. Gardner Collection(Ohio University Press).
You can listen to the interview by clicking HERE.
I am delighted that Paul asked me to do this interview!
Public radio listeners consistently mention that reading books is a favorite leisure activity.
I have always believed that one recipe for crafting compelling radio goes as follows:
Take one good book. Read it completely. Find the author. Try to engage said author in an “intelligent conversation.” Broadcast interview to an audience of appreciative listeners. Voila! You have a chance to make some good radio.
Note…a compelling author interview is a bit like a souffle’. Sometimes author and/or interviewer fails to rise to the occasion and things fall flat. It happens. Like any chef one must go back to the kitchen to try the recipe again.
Hmmmm, perhaps different ingredients??
Vick Mickunas
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