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Najaf Mazari on "The Honey Thief"

For millennia the Hazara people have been telling folk tales. Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman have collected them in a book called “The Honey Thief.”

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Martin Amis on His Father, Kingsley Amis

Acclaimed novelist Martin Amis talks about growing up as the son of another famous novelist — Kingsley Amis.

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Nicholas Christopher on "The Bestiary"

Nicholas Christopher collected myths and legends for years to write his novel, "The Bestiary."

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Meghan O'Rourke on Coping with Grief

Meghan O'Rourke wonders if there's a better way to be bereaved in an essay called "Good Grief" which recently appeared in the New Yorker.

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Renee Fleming on "The Inner Voice"

Soprano Renee Fleming talks with Anne Strainchamps about the mystery of the human voice, and how she manages her voice, her characters, and her stage fright.

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Michael Ondaatje on The Cat's Table

Michael Ondaatje's new novel tells the tale of an eleven year old boy who traveled on board The Oronsay from Ceylon to England in 1952.  Michael Ondaatje traveled on board The Oronsay from Ceylong to England in 1952, when he was eleven years old.  In this uncut interview he tells Jim Fleming that while one story informs the other, they are not the same.

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Jonathan Gray on Paratexts

The question isn't "seen any good movies lately?" but instead "experienced any good paratexts lately?"

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Jayne Anne Phillips on "Lark & Termite"

Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of several novels and two collections of widely anthologized short stories...

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