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Fresh Air, James Traub and Remembering Richard Gilman, October 31, 2006
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Summary
Writer James Traub and remembering theater critic Richard Gilman, on this edition of Fresh Air. First, writer James Traub whose new book is The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power. Traub recounts the intertwined story of Annan, the United Nations, and American foreign policy from 1992 to the present. Traub is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. His other books include City on A Hill and The Devil's Playground. Then, a profile of theater critic Richard Gilman. He died Saturday at age 83. Gilman was a writer and professor at the Yale School of Drama. Ben Brantley of The New York Times writes, "Mr. Gilman was one of a breed of philosopher-critics�who came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s. They located in modern drama the elements of abstraction, alienation, and absurdity that had long been at the core of discussions of other forms of art and literature." Gilman believed that "rather than imitate reality, theater should offer alternatives to it". In this archive interview from 1987, Gilman recounts his conversion from Judaism to Catholicism and then to atheism. [Broadcast Date: October 31, 2006]
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