Trickster

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September 12, 2010

"One of our true superstars of nonfiction." That's how David Foster Wallace described Lewis Hyde. Lewis Hyde talks about his book, "Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art." This classic text introduces us to the playful and disruptive side of imagination embodied in trickster mythology. Also, a young anthropologist discovers the importance of the Trickster figure, Coyote, while doing her first fieldwork.

Lewis Hyde on "Trickster Makes This World"

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Lewis Hyde is the author of the acclaimed "Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art." He talks with Steve Paulson about the meaning of the word "trickster."

Eileen Kane on "Trickster: An Anthropological Memoir"

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Eileen Kane revisits her experience as a young, newly married, trainee anthropologist studying the Paiute Indians of Nevada.

Robert Marshall on Carlos Castaneda

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Robert Marshall says that the late Carlos Castaneda was a literary trickster who invented most of the teachings of Don Juan which made him famous in the sixties.

Erica Rowell on "The Brothers Grim"

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Erica Rowell has worked in the movie industry and as a journalist. She's the author of "The Brothers Grim: The Films of Ethan and Joel Coen."

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September 12, 2010
July 31, 2011
Guests: 

Lewis Hyde

Academic

Eileen Kane

Anthropologist

Robert Marshall

Author

Erica Rowell

Author
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