Richard Pryor's Bay Area Awakening

Jan 22, 2015 at 10:00 AM

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Comedian Richard Pryor's wife described her husband as having "incredible light, incredible darkness, and incredible joy." In his new book "Becoming Richard Pryor," author Scott Saul dives deep into Pryor's childhood in an Illinois brothel and his artistic and political evolution in 1970s Berkeley. Saul joins us to discuss the making of a comic genius.

More: About the book "Becoming Richard Pryor" (Indiebound)
More: Becoming Richard Pryor - a digital companion to the book
More: Richard Pryor's Meltodwn at the Hollywood Bowl (Guardian.com)

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Scott Saul, associate professor of English at UC Berkeley and author of "Becoming Richard Pryor"

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