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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

You know poems can be different things to different people: solace, a call to action, beauty. A reflection on war. But to Rae Armantrout there’s one thing that all poetry should be - read out loud.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kevin Sheppard on playing basketball in Iran.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The style of type used by the Obama campaign is called Gotham and was designed by the team of Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rick Perlstein is a historian who thinks the real story of the sixties is the rise of the modern conservative movement.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer Nigel Nicolson says Woolf invented the stream-of consciousness literary style, endured several bouts of madness, and died a suicide.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

More stories from you -- about precious bits of handwriting you've saved over the years.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Julia Glass tells Steve Paulson that writing the book was her way of dealing with unendurable emotional trauma.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Allen Long is a former dope-smuggler and the subject of Robert Sabbag’s book “Loaded: A Misadventure on the Marijuana Trail.”  Anne Strainchamps interviewed them a week apart. 

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