November 11, 2011
Remembering legendary radio dramatist Norman Corwin / Tim O'Brien on his book "The Things They Carried"Share
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David Chong - Assistant Producer, Norman Corwin - Interviewee, Mary Beth Kirchner - Narrator, Studs Terkel - Interviewee, Ray Bradbury - Interviewee, Philip Roth - Interviewee, Gary Eichten - Host, Sara Meyer - Producer, Tim O'Brien - Profiled Subject, Steven John - Contributor, Norman Lear - Interviewee, Jimmy Stewart - Performer, Unknown - Performer, Orson Welles - Performer, Robert Altman - Interviewee, Charles Kuralt - Interviewee
On this special Veterans Day Midday program, a remembrance of legendary radio dramatist Norman Corwin with a short documentary on his career, and excerpts from his masterpiece, On a Note of Triumph, which remains the most listened to radio drama in U.S. history. Later in the hour, author Tim O'Brien reads and discusses his critically acclaimed short story collection on the Vietnam War, The Things They Carried.
Corwin has been called the poet laureate of radio's golden age.
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