First Friday: Gwendolyn Parker / Wayne Hill / Philip Blackburn / Michele Rusinko / Virginia Scott Jenkins / Scott Walker / Chase Davies

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May 6, 1994
Beth Friend - Host, Mark Zdechlik - Contributor, Mary Losure - Contributor, Unknown - Performer, Gwendolyn Parker - Interviewee and Reader, Wayne Hill - Interviewee, Philip Blackburn - Interviewee, Michele Rusinko - Reader, Virginia Scott Jenkins - Interviewee, Scott Walker - Interviewee, Chase Davies - Interviewee
Listen: Gwendolyn Parker / Wayne Hill / Philip Blackburn / Michele Rusinko / Virginia Scott Jenkins / Scott Walker / Chase Davies
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On this First Friday program, MPR’s Beth Friend presents a story collection of various arts and culture topics.

- Black author Gwendolyn Parker discusses These Same Long Bones

- English author Wayne Hill discusses Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit

- Composer Philip Blackburn explores Vietnamese music

- Michele Rusinko reads an essay on women and the absence of children

- Historian Virginia Scott Jenkins on the concept of the lawn aesthetic

- Greywolf’s Scott Walker talks about changing landscape of digital art and museums

- Chase Davies discusses birdwatching

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