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Ren Weschler and Ira Glass in discussion 02/07/2006  The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to launch its year-round slate of programs on Tuesday, February 7, at 6:00 pm, with a free event featuring newly appointed Artistic Director Lawrence Weschler.
In live conversation with Ira Glass, Chicago-based host of Chicago Public Radio’s award-winning This American Life distributed by PRI, Weschler introduces his stunning new book, Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences, published by McSweeney’s Books. Lavishly illustrated, Everything That Rises is a compilation of “uncanny moments of convergence, bizarre associations, eerie rhymes, whispered recollections” by the observant Weschler. Everywhere he looks, its seems, he encounters unlikely alliances and beguiling resonances where the rest of us might see a photograph, logo, or poster. And who better to tease out the hidden meanings and stories behind Weschler’s visual associations than Glass, who recently celebrated the ten-year anniversary of This American Life? |
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