All I Did Was Ask [antikvár]

Introduction 'm Terry Gross, and this is Fresh Air . . . But this is a book, not a radio show. You may be wondering what the point is of reading interviews that were meant to be Hstened to. I've asked myself that. But in going through transcripts in preparation for this book, I was pleasantly surprised that so many of the interviews I remembered as having been good radio also made for enjoyable reading. In reading the ones gathered here—I probably shouldn't admit this—I've learned things from them that went right by me in the studio. This book is different from the show in another way. It features only interviews with people in the arts. On our daily broadcasts, we try to offer meaningful discussion of the most pressing issues of the moment (too often of late, these have been issues relating to war and terrorism). Someone's new novel or movie or CD can seem trivial