Reality radio : telling true stories in sound /
John Biewen, editor ; Alexa Dilworth, coeditor.
- Chapel Hill : [Durham, N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press ; In association with the Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, c2010.
- xii, 208 p. : music ; 24 cm.
- Documentary arts and culture .
- Documentary arts and culture. .
Foreword / Rick Moody -- Introduction / John Biewen -- Are we on the air? / Chris Brookes -- That Jackie Kennedy moment / Scott Carrier -- Talking to strangers / The Kitchen Sisters -- No holes were drilled in the heads of animals in the making of this radio show / Jad Abumrad -- Harnessing luck as an industrial product / Ira Glass -- Covering home / Katie Davis -- What did she just say? / Damali Ayo -- Out there / Sherre DeLys -- Cigarettes and dance steps / Alan Hall -- Unreality radio / Natalie Kestecher -- Finding the poetry / Dmae Roberts -- Diaries and Detritus : one perfectionist's search for imperfection / Joe Richman -- Living history / Stephen Smith -- The voice and the place / Sandy Tolan -- Crossing borders / Maria Martin -- Adventurers in sound / Karen Michel -- Dressy girls / Lena Eckert-Erdheim -- Salt is flavor and other tips learned while cooking / Emily Botein -- Afterword : listen / Jay Allison.