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A New Novel from the Tulsa-Based Writer Michael Wright: "The Chessmen"

Aired on Friday, February 5th.

Our guest is the Tulsa-based writer, creative writing teacher, playwright, and performer, Michael Wright. He's had an active, far-flung career in the dual worlds of literature and theatre. The author of novels, plays, poems, and varous performance-art and spoken-word experiments, Wright was also the 2010 Playwriting Teacher of the Year for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and the winner of the Kennedy Center 2011 Milan Stitt Award for outstanding teaching and professional work in playwriting. He joins us to discuss his novel, which is his second; it's called "The Chessmen." Please note that Wright will soon take part in a virtual book-launch event, to be presented on Wednesday the 10th by Magic City Books. Details are posted here

Rich Fisher is celebrating his 40th year of service to Public Radio Tulsa. Since 2000, he has been the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and previously served as the host of the public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which ran from 1992-2021. Prior to that, he served as music director, a program host and operations director for the station.
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