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G. Willow Wilson just won the World Fantasy Award for her novel, “Alif the Unseen”.  Also, Marvel Comics is launching a new Muslim girl super-hero and Willow will be the series’ writer.

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The three members of the Reduced Shakespeare Company visit with Jim Fleming and perform excerpts from their hilarious versions of the Bard’s plays.  

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Stephen Long is the founder of Northern Woodlands Magazine.  He takes us for a walk in his Vermont woods and teaches us how to "read" a forest.

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John Cleese gave us Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Life of Brian, the Ministry of Silly Walks, and the neurotic hotel manager in Fawlty Towers.  He looks back over it all in his new memoir, "So, Anyway."

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Rupert Isaacson made a journey with his family to seek out shamans in horse-centered cultures to treat his autistic son.

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But how do to help people slow down and get to know their communities? Not just the people, the coffee shops and subway map.

How to get residents thinking about the natural systems and urban infrastructure that supports city life?

Artist Mary Miss has some ideas...

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We're celebrating National Poetry Month this year by reading some of our favorite poems. Here's Sara with Allen Ginsberg's "Sunflower Sutra."

A small warning, there are some explicit words in the poem.

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Icelandic novelist Sjon blends folk stories, surrealism and ancient myth. He also writes songs for his fellow Icelander, Bjork. In this EXTENDED interview, Sjon talks with Steve about fables, fairy tales and literature.

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