Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun have been photographing life in the Louisiana State Penitentiary for 30 years. They talk about the conditions in the prison - nicknamed Angola, for the plantation that was formerly on the site - and how they've changed over time. When they see the inmates working in the fields, they say, it looks a lot like slavery.
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Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are the celebrated husband and wife team who've translated many of the great Russian writers. They've just come out with a new version of Tolstoy's "War and Peace."
Imagine living an entire year without money. And I mean no money. No cash. No credit cards. Nothing. Where do you live? What do you eat? How do you wash? What do you do?
Jim Fleming reads excerpts from Murakami's book "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running."
Novelist Jane Hamilton remembers her old piano teacher and their battles over practicing.
NPR's Robert Krulwich, co-host of RADIOLAB, says that the secret to good science reporting is to start at the beginning and go slowly so people can understand it.
John Haught believes these so called "new atheists" simply don't measure up to the old athiests like Nietzsche and Camus.
Mary Karr's latest memoir is called "Lit" and chronicles her alcoholism and alcoholic family.
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