Season 5

Dr. Christopher K. Coffman is Master Lecturer in Humanities at Boston University. He has published on a wide variety of topics in literature and music, and has increasingly been focusing in his research on points at which the two fields intersect. The author or editor of four books, Coffman's current project is a study of the Grateful Dead in relation to the literary tradition.

Lionel and Jim learn a lot from our guest about the literary ground from which the Grateful Dead sprang. We discuss the writers behind the band.