Nuala O’Faolain tells Jim Fleming one of her novels is based on an adulterous affair across class lines in Ireland during the potato famine.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Kerry O. Burns talks with Judith Strasser and performs excerpts from his one-man show “Markings of the Soul.” The play tells the story of Kerry and his gay brother, Tim.
Michael Perry is a writer and volunteer fireman who lives in the small town of New Auburn, Wisconsin. His memoir about his adventures on the rescue squad there is called “Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time.”
Darren Aronofsky's new film "Noah" is getting a lot of buzz, in part because the flood story is a crucial event in the creationist explanation for the origins of life. To find out why, Steve Paulson spoke to the leading historian of creationism, Ronald Numbers.
Psychologist Robert Karen, author of “The Forgiving Self: The Road from Resentment to Connection,” tells Jim Fleming that forcing kids to apologize when they’re not really sorry is a bad idea.
Mary Karr tells Steve Paulson that this volume begins at the time of her sexual awakening and that most female writers skip over those awkward adolescent years.
Mark Helprin's got a new book out. "In Sunlight and in Shadow" lands on shelves this week. The novel is his first return to New York City since "Winter's Tale." In this UNCUT interview, Helprin talks with Jim Fleming about the story and the city.
Jonathan Lethem talks about his role as a novelist, which he explores in his new book, "The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, etc."
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