© 2026 KASU
Your Connection to Music, News, Arts and Views for Over 65 Years
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Philosophical Tales from Author Charles Johnson

NPR | By Farai Chideya
Published March 30, 2005 at 11:00 PM CST

In his latest collection of short stories called Dr. King's Refrigerator and Other Bedtime Stories, Charles Johnson draws on metaphysics, Buddhism and the martial arts. NPR's Farai Chideya talks with the National Book Award-winning author about his passion for fiction.

Copyright 2005 NPR
Farai Chideya
Farai Chideya is a multimedia journalist who has worked in print, television, online, and radio. Prior to joining NPR's News & Notes, Chideya hosted Your Call, a daily news and cultural call-in show on San Francisco's KALW 91.7 FM. Chideya has also been a correspondent for ABC News, anchored the prime time program Pure Oxygen on the Oxygen women's channel, and contributed commentaries to CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and BET. She got her start as a researcher and reporter at Newsweek magazine. In 1997 Newsweek named her to its "Century Club" of 100 people to watch.