Novelist Larry Baker followed up “The Flamingo Rising” with a story called “Athens, America.” He marketed it himself, starting in the mid-West, where the book is set, and ended up selling it in grocery stores.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Iraq war veteran John McCary offers his essay called "The Fallen," part of the National Endowment for the Arts project, Operation Homecoming.
Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a visionary economist who founded the micro-credit movement and India's Grameen Bank.
Near-death researcher Dr. Raymond Moody looks back on his career investigating near-death experiences.
Jeannette Walls is a famous gossip columnist in New York on MSNBC, but she's the child of hippies who lived a nomadic life in cars and abandoned buildings always one step ahead of their creditors.
Marilyn Johnson talks about how librarians are emerging as heroes of the digital age because of their love for the written word, free speech and open access.
Philip Freeman is the author of “Saint Patrick of Ireland: A Biography.” He says that Patrick was enslaved by Irish raiders, escaped back to England, then returned to Ireland because of a vision and devoted himself to converting the Irish.
He recently produced a set of CDs for the BBC that include rare recordings of the prominent writers.
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