Michael Dirda won the Pulitzer Prize for his literary criticism in the Washington Post Book World. Among his collections of essays is Classics for Pleasure.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Laurence Gonzales tells Jim Fleming about "Lucy," in which a mysterious 15 year old girl is discovered in the Congo.
Writer Michael Perry talks with Anne Strainchamps about his life combining writing with the new "back to the land" movement...
One Laptop Per Child seeks to change the world by giving laptops to kids in places too remote to have electricity.
Listen to some of the voices from the Occupy Wall Street protest at 60 Wall Street in New York.
Liz Mermin tells Anne Strainchamps that her film, "The Beauty Academy of Kabul", chronicles the efforts of some Afghan women to maintain a little independence and earn a little money.
There are currently 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US. Jose Angel N is one example.
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto was unclear how to elicit the stories of Hiroshima survivors. And then September 11th happened.
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