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Chip Kidd is a book designer and most recently the author of The Learners. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Contending with form vs. function. Author: Chip Kidd Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: But there s also something interesting in juxtaposing this discussion amidst an obedience experiment of Stanley Milgram s. Because you, as author, are essentially dictating, or declaring your particular personal vision, in this particular book. So this leads me to believe that how much the reader chooses to obey by dwelling upon specific stylistic tics is as much a part of the reading process as actually enjoying the story. And I wanted to ask you about this. If this was something you had in mind. Kidd: God! You are so much smarter than I am. You really are. You ve thought about this in a much more careful way than I have. (laughs) I m not quite sure what the question is. I think I want the reader to encounter these experiments at least, at first as anybody else would have back then. And then once you do, you start to think about it. And then I give the narrator and thus the reader this opportunity to go back now and observe them the way Milgram observed them in order to fully comprehend what he was doing and what was going on. And the narrator thinks that this is going to help him. And in some ways, it does. But in the ways that he really needs, it doesn t. In strange ways, it makes things worse for him. Correspondent: But I guess my question just to clarify is to what extent is the reader intended to obey the book s stylistic dicta that it lays down. You know what I mean? Kidd: Totally! Correspondent: Yeah? Kidd: Completely! Correspondent: Completely? Kidd: Yeah. Correspondent: So the reader is enslaved to you then? Basically. He s obeying Kidd: No, I think if you re doing your job as a writer, the reader will be enslaved to you. Correspondent: (laughs) Kidd: I don t think I m trying to make them do anything immoral. You know, I m not Ann Coulter.

Liz Lerman, founder and artistic director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, recently completed a four-year collaboration between scientists and choreographers culminating in Ferocious Beauty: Genome, a multi media dance/theater work that explores the human implications of discoveries in genetic science. Created with geneticists from organizations including The Institute for Genomic Research, Wesleyan University, Stanford University, Princeton University and Howard University, Ferocious Beauty has toured from Connecticut to California, deepening dialogue between science and the arts. Lerman will be joined by two dancers who will perform excerpts from Ferocious Beauty: Genome. Co-sponsored by Life Sciences and the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics.

Called by the New York Times "a jolt of theatrical electricity," award winning writer and performer, legendary Latina and notorious lesbian Marga Gomez will perform highlights from her stand-up repertoire and two of her solo plays, and discuss her creative process. Gomez has been nominated for both The Drama Desk Award and The Outer Critics Circle Award, received the GLAAD award, and appeared on HBO, Comedy Central, and Showtime. "

Meet Henry and the twins, Chips dearest posession. Chip talks about accomplishment, big ham, acting, who he hates, politics, and how he refuels his enthusiasm. Interview :: The NY Times :: USA Today :: File Download (12:37 min / 11.6 MB)

Chip tells typeradio, his favorite recipe, Drunken Chicken, tips on how to cheat with a rapidograph, his choice to become a book designer, his latest design for Paul Simon and his favorite books. Drunken Chicken recipe :: The Cheese Monkeys, book review :: Surprise :: Batman :: File Download (12:47 min / 11.8 MB)

First Typeradio interview in the nude, and Chip is looking very good. Chip talks about his obsessions, superstitions. What makes a good book cover, design versus sales. Differences between American and European book covers. The Borzoi Reader Online - Knopf s website :: The Work of Chip Kidd :: All About Chip :: File Download (9:42 min / 8.9 MB)