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It’s the topic you’re talking about at work, the one that created a buzz at your last dinner party and started the fight you had with your spouse.That’s what you’ll hear on 11 Central Ave, Chicago Public Radio’s new comic strip. This radiostrip plays out in the kitchen of 11 Central Ave, the home of an extended family. As they rush around in the morning drinking coffee, reading the paper, looking for their shoes, they're talking about everything from the most compelling topics of our time (immigration, the war, racism, suicide) to the most ridiculous (mommy blogging, help desks in India, pocket dialing, donor eggs, the fog of internet dating.) It's a wry look at America's zeitgeist in four minutes. Winner of the 2007 gold medal for best comedy, New York Festivals. Writers Write 11 Central Ave. This new series is designed to get well-known fiction writers’ work onto public radio in a format that is short and easily accessible. Episodes have been written by Rick Moody, James Reiss, Ruth Pennebaker, Rudolph Delson, Steve Skinner, and Andy Heidel.For an interview with Rick Moody about writing this episode click here. To hear his episode "The Birthday Present." Moody, author of Garden state, and The Ice Storm, was called by the The Wall Street Journal “one of the most prodigiously talented writers in America.” His latest book is "Right Livelihoods, 3 Novellas." The Washington Post called the novel “one of the best stories to appear in the new millennium; it underscores that Rick Moody is one of our best writers.”
Music for 11 Central Ave composed and performed by George B. Hicks (c)(p)2006. |
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SHOW TIMES: • WBEZ Chicago, IL • WBUR Boston, MA • WUSM Hattiesburg, MI • KUOW Seattle, WA Sun • KUT Austin, TX • WLRN MIAMI, FL • WUGA Athens, GA |
