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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.
Novelist Jane Hamilton talks with Steve Paulson about the role of nostalgia in literary fiction.
Writer Mary Allen talks with Steve Paulson about her attempts to communicate with the spirit of the man she loved after his suicide.
Karen Slavick-Lennard's husband talks in his sleep - and says the craziest things. We talk with Karen and hear audio excerpts of "sleep talkin' man."
Robert Greenwald supports the Obama administration but thinks they're dead wrong about Afghanistan.
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer started on his path to fame in the 1950s with a cartoon strip for "The Village Voice" that eventually won him a Pulitzer Prize.
Lisa Tucker tells Anne Strainchamps that she thinks the songs that get stuck in our brains reveal a lot about us.
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