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career while attending high
school in Muskegon, where
his family has belonged to
Temple B’nai Israel and where
he has resumed affiliation. His
professional commitment was
perked by reading the Stanford
University student-run campus
newspaper, The Stanford Daily,
edited by his older brother
Ron, who went on to achieve
recognition in sports journal-
ism.
When Rapoport attended
the University of Michigan, he
edited the student-run cam-
pus newspaper, The Michigan
Daily, and went on to work
at California newspapers,
including the San Francisco
Chronicle and Oakland Tribune.
For 17 years, he had a book
publishing firm (RDR Books)
and accepted some Holocaust-
centered texts.
His attention to Jewish
history additionally has been
expressed through various
articles, such as one circulat-
ed by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency. It has to do with a
man believed to be Crete’s last
Holocaust survivor.
“Peter’s book — and so this
play — is about the Holocaust,
but it’s not a Holocaust book
per se,” Rapoport, 75, said
about what captured his atten-
tion. “It’s a wider story than
that.”
Rapoport’s re-
entry into the Michigan artistic
community evolved after he
was invited to give a speech at
the Muskegon library in 1995,
when family considerations
began motivating his return.
Meetings with writing pros
connected him to filmmakers,
and his early feature film ven-
ture included another book
adaptation, WaterWalk, which is
about a father and son tackling
travel along the Mississippi
River.
A multi-tasker, Rapoport is
looking forward to the publica-
tion of his first novel, My Search
for Sarah Price, to be released
later this year by Lexographic
Press in Chicago. Earlier books
have centered on travel, avia-
tion, politics and biography.
Regardless of project, this
writer may randomly disperse
his work time throughout the
day.
“If I don’t write down an
idea right away, it will drift,” he
said. “When I have something
I want to say, I need to have a
record of it even if I never use
it. That saves me an enormous
amount of time because some-
times you get an idea right the
first time.”
Details
Old Heart will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday,
May 14, and 4 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at the Redford
Theatre, 17360 Lahser, Detroit. $25, $50, $75
(with dessert meet-and-greet). (313) 462-9721.
redfordtheatre.com. rogerrapoport.com.
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