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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Millard Kaufman has a long string of successes, including two Oscar nominations as a screen writer.  He tells Jim Fleming why he decided to take on a new kind of writing.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Joan Richards teaches the history of mathematics at Brown University.  Her book chronicles how her faith in mathematical laws was shaken when her son suffered a seizure.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Paul Beatty recommends a novel by German-Jewish Holocaust survivor Edgar Hilsenrath.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Actor/writer/comedian John McGivern grew up gay in a Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Here he shares some of his holiday memories.

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