Eric Bogosian on Art Under the Influence

Studio 360

Kurt Andersen talks with playwright Eric Bogosian about art conceived and created under the influence of all kinds of substances.

Bogosian is the author of the playsTalk Radio,SubUrbia,Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll,Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead,andWake Up and Smell the Coffee. His novelMallwas published last fall, and his new playHumpty Dumptyhad its world premiere at the McCarter Theater in Princeton this spring.

(Originally aired: February 7, 2002)

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