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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mary Wells Lawrence thought up some of the most clever and memorable ad campaigns of her generation. Her memoir is “A Big Life in Advertising.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Poet Molly Peacock's biography of the 18th century paper artist, Mary Delaney.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Julian Rubinstein tells the story of Attila Ambrus, the man who escaped Romania for Hungary and became the Robin Hood of Eastern Europe.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Cunningham won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Hours,” which re-imagined the life and death of Virginia Woolf. His new novel is called “Specimen Days” and involves Walt Whitman.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

A few brief dramatized snippets from Olivia Judson and her book “Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jane Juska tells Anne Strainchamps why, at the age of 66, she took out an ad in the NY Review of Books looking for as many sexual partners as possible.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Lauren Myracle has written three books for young adults, including “ttyl.” The book is named for an abbreviation used in Instant Messaging to mean “talk to you later.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Historian Jill Lepore talks with Jim Fleming about Noah Webster and his dictionary. She says Webster thought Americans should have their own language and he celebrated American words.

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