Beauty is a Biological Necessity with J. Ruth Gendler

J. Ruth Gendler is an artist and a writer, and has been a teacher of writing and art for more than twenty years. She leads workshops in writing and creativity throughout the United States, and has been an artist in residence with California Poets in the Schools and Young Audiences of the Bay Area. She has worked with elementary, middle school and high school students teaching through California Poets in the Schools, and writes about the transformative power of art. In October 2007 the Lineage Dance Company presented a theater piece based on her book The Book of Qualities (Harper Perennial 1988), now in its 52nd printing.

J. Ruth Gendler's books include:

• The Book of Qualities (Harper Perennial 1988)
• Changing Light: The Eternal Cycle of Night and Day (Editor) (Harper Collins 1991)
• Notes on the Need for Beauty: An Intimate Look at Essential Quality (Marlowe & Company 2007)

To learn more about the work of J. Ruth Gendler go to www.ruthgendler.com.

Host: Justine Willis Toms        Interview Date: 12/6/2007        Program Number: C0033

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