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Thu, Jun 21, 2012 -- 10:00 AM

'Lunch Bucket Paradise'


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Courtesy Fred Setterberg
Courtesy Fred Setterberg

We discuss life in Bay Area suburbs in the '50s and '60s with Fred Setterberg, author of "Lunch Bucket Paradise," a novel based on his life. Setterberg grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood in San Leandro in a time of working-class prosperity.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

  • Fred Setterberg, author of "Lunch Bucket Paradise" and former staff writer for The East Bay Express

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Setterberg's essays, stories and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The Iowa Review and other many other publications.

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