Mary Karr's latest memoir is called "Lit" and chronicles her alcoholism and alcoholic family.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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In the gaming world, game designer Jason Rohrer is a god. Now, saying someone is a god in a certain field is a figure of speech. I mean, they’re not REALLY immortal beings. That is, unless you’re Jason Rohrer.
Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon has written both for adults and young readers. In a recent book of essays, "Manhood for Amateurs," Chabon tackles his own childhood.
Lynn Garrett tells Steve Paulson that bookstores are selling out of books on Islam and terrorism, and that there’s strong interest in books that tackle fundamental moral questions.
We have a new Poet Laureate here in the U.S. Listen in as Natasha Trethewey talks about the history and memory embedded in her work.
You can hear more of Trethewey's poems here.
Jerome Charyn tells Steve Paulson about some of the great ping-pong matches of the past and reflects on the worldwide popularity of the game.
British novelist Nick Hornby has written a funny book about suicide. It's called "A Long Way Down."
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