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COVER STORY
Liars
Kurt Andersen and humorist Neal Pollack look at how
artists twist the truth.
  Carlos
Very few people know the name of the artist Jose Alvarez.
But many people, including many millions in China, know Carlos. Studio
360's Ave Carrillo thought you should hear about Carlos too.
Go to a page on Jose Alvarez at Ratio3.org
 The
Shape of Things
If you watch Neil LaBute's movies, you start to think
that he suspects everyone of horrible, underhanded tricks. His first film,
"In the Company of Men" was about two men who pretended to be
in love with the same deaf woman, a coworker, just so they could both
dump her six weeks later. LaBute's newest movie is called "The Shape
of Things" and it works a similar idea from a different perspective.
Studio 360's Leital Molad has the story.
Go to Neil LaBute on IMDb
Go
to an interview with Neil LaBute in The Onion
 Birth
of the Novel
A couple of centuries ago, when the novel was first
coming into its own in English literature, writers and publishers had
no scruples about pretending their fiction was the god's-honest truth.
Then as now, lots of readers felt that nonfiction was more important.
Studio 360's David Krasnow went looking for the truth in the novel.
Go to a page on Daniel Defoe
Go to a collection of links on the 18th Century novel
 Liars
Contest
Champion liar Bil Lepp is a man who has the distinction
of being named 5 times as West Virginia's Biggest Liar. He says. Produced
by Trey Kay.
Go to Bil Lepp's homepage
See the rules for the West Virginia Liars Contest
SPECIAL GUEST
Neal Pollack
Neal Pollack is the greatest living American writer--according
to the jacket copy he wrote for The Neal Pollack Anthology of American
Literature, a collection of his writings with an accompanying CD of his
readings. Pollack has been published in The New York Times and McSweeney's,
and lauded in an episode of Dawson's Creek.
Go
to Neal Pollack's official website
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BELL & GLASS. Two of Philadelphia's main
attractions are the Liberty Bell and the Large Glass by 20th century
artist Marcel Duchamp, in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum
of Art. Today, contemporary artist Christian Marclay has woven them
together in an installation using music, video and gift-shop knick-knacks.
He insists that the similarities between the Liberty Bell and Duchamp's
Large Glass only begin with the obvious fact that both are cracked.
Joel Rose of Philadelphia station WHYY has the story.
Go
to a page on The Bell and the Glass at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Go
to a page on the Liberty Bell
Go
to a biography of Christian Marclay
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