Chang's new novel follows the lives of students and one particular professor in a creative writing program in the Midwest.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jonatha Brooke is a singer and songwriter who was invited by Woody Guthrie's daughter to visit her famous father's archives and use some of his unpublished material. The result is an album called "The Works."
Travel writer Jan Morris tells Steve Paulson that she identifies with the city of Trieste which is a jumble of influences - East and West, past and present.
Lera Auerbach's obsession with time has impacted her life in music. We hear examples of her literary and musical achievements.
Cissy Chandler was 18 years older than her husband, which he may or may not have ever known.
For the past three months, our host Anne Strainchamps came to work every day and listened to people talk about death and dying. Here are her reflections on how the experienced changed her.
Poet Naomi Shihab Nye talks with Anne Strainchamps about the effects of the violence in Iraq and the Middle-East on the children who see it everyday.
Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of several novels and two collections of widely anthologized short stories...
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