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From C. S. Soong’s excellent Against the Grain: a discussion on art, psychology, politics and activism with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright (and noted critic of Israel) Tony Kushner.

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In a new set of five one-act plays, Tony Kushner offers a number of ruminations on the value of psychotherapy, the relationship of ideas to suffering, and the uses of Dostoevsky. And playwright/performer Charlie Varon has a new passion: audio collages. Also, Mark Kurlansky shares some thoughts about student activism in 1968.