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Landscape Artist.(Ira Glass)

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One is so reluctant to express any degree of dislike for "This American Life," the popular public-radio storytelling program created by Ira Glass twelve years ago, and featuring such stars as David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, and John Hodgman, that one's inclination is to avoid the use of the first-person pronoun for as long as possible, in order not to be identified with any reservations concerning the show. One wants deniability; in fact, one wants to hide. One doesn't want to die at the hands of angry public-radio fans, who would not be deterred by one's cries of "Stop! I love public radio, too! Please! I'm one of you! I give them money!" One wants very much to like "This ...

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