Patt Morrison for Tuesday, 1/18/2011

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

1-3 p.m.

 

CALL-IN @ 866-893-5722, 866-893-KPCC; OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE ON THE PATT MORRISON BLOG AT KPCC-DOT-ORG

 

 

1:00 – 1:40

OPEN

 

 

1:40 -1:58:30

TitleWave: Tom Rachman’s Imperfectionists

Author Tom Rachman earned prodigy-like status with his first novel, The Imperfectionists, which examined the inner workings of an international newspaper’s newsroom and its inhabitants through a series of vignettes.  Each chapter delves deeply into the life of a different employee and offers windows into the workplace and humankind, paralleling its subject’s mandate to "report on the idiocy and the brilliance of the species." Replete with all characters one could imagine in a newsroom—the crotchety old news editor with a secret soft side, to the green-behind-the-ears intern trying to hack it as a reporter, The Imperfectionists paints an endearingly complex picture of humanity against a poignant backdrop of the failing newspaper industry.

 

PATT: Tom Rachman will be in conversation with Carolyn Kellogg of the Los Angeles Times tonight at 7 pm at the Mark Taper Auditorium. For more information visit the Patt Morrison page at kpcc-dot-org

 

Guest:

Tom Rachman, author of The Imperfectionists

IN STUDIO

 

2:00 – 2:40

OPEN

 

 

2:40 – 3:00

 

Zombie Spaceship Wasteland! An Oswalt perspective

What do zombies, spaceship, and wasteland all have in common?  Nothing?  Or everything!  Patton Oswalt, comedian known for his stand-up and roles in King of Queens and Ratatouille, has put together Zombie Spaceship Wasteland, a collection of comedic yet insightful essays on the widest array of issues possibly imaginable--all stories from the life he's lived thus far.  Is it that Oswalt has had a more interesting, humorous life than the rest of us or just that he is able to see the funny in our mundane?  Let's a take a nose dive into the like-none-other world of Oswalt and see what results!

 

PATT: Patton will be reading from his new book “Zombie Spaceship Wasteland” tonight at 7:30pm at Skylight Books in Los Angeles. You can find a link on the Patt Morrison page at KPCC – DOT – ORG with information about more of his appearances in the LA area later this month.

 

Guest:

Patton Oswalt, comedian 

IN-STUDIO

 

WEB: Patton will be reading from his new book “Zombie Spaceship Wasteland” tonight at 7:30pm at Skylight Books in Los Angeles. He will also be reading at Book Soup at 5 pm on Saturday, January 29^th and again at 9 pm at The Largo at The Coronet. On Sunday, January 30^th he will be reading at 2 pm at Dark Delicacies in Burbank.