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Magic Theatre mini-podcasts: Far Apart Art.

Bookwaves:

Tope Folarin, author of the novel “A Particular Kind of Black Man” is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky. This first novel, by an up and coming Nigerian American writer, blends memoir and fiction in the tale of the son of Africans who grew up in white Utah and Texas, finding himself ethnically displaced and looking to find his roots. (Photo: Richard Wolinsky)

Arts-Waves:

From the Probabilities Archive: Michael Crichton, recorded December 5, 1990, while on tour for his novel “Jurassic Park,” interviewed by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff in the KPFA studios. Michael Crichton’s first novel, “The Andromeda Strain” obviously has particular resonance today. In this interview, he talks about his career and about the science behind “Jurassic Park.” Michael Crichton died in 2008 at the age of 66. (Photo: Jon Chase/Harvard University)

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