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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steve Paulson talks with a contemporary master of metafiction - writer Robert Coover. Coover's latest novel is "A Child Again."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Perry is proud to be a Wisconsin writer.  He writes with humor and grace about his life there in the books, "Population: 485," and "Truck: A Love Story."  So, what's life like, as a writer from the Midwest?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mark Helprin's got a new book out. "In Sunlight and in Shadow" lands on shelves this week. The novel is his first return to New York City since "Winter's Tale." In this UNCUT interview, Helprin talks with Jim Fleming about the story and the city. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Christian Rudder, the founder of OKCupid, thinks cupid’s arrow may just be an algorithm.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mo Yan is a Chinese novelist whom many critics think will be a future Nobel Prize winner. His new novel is called “Big Breasts & Wide Hips.”

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Joe Kelly runs a national organization called Dads and Daughters.  He gives Steve Paulson some advice for fathers whose daughters are hitting puberty. 

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Laure-Anne Bosselaar talks with Jim Fleming about finding nature in the city.  Bosselaar reads several poems from the poetry anthology she edited, “Urban Nature.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Less than 30 percent of Americans have filled out an advanced directive for end-of-life care, but 90 percent of the people in La Crosse, Wisconsin have one. Rehman Tungekar reports on Gundersen Health's remarkable effort to get an entire city talking about death and dying.

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