The French have a curatorial attitude toward their language, but in fact they add new words all the time.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Michael Dirda won the Pulitzer Prize for his literary criticism in the Washington Post Book World. Among his collections of essays is Classics for Pleasure.
Laurence Gonzales tells Jim Fleming about "Lucy," in which a mysterious 15 year old girl is discovered in the Congo.
Jeffrey Eugenides won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel “Middlesex.” He tells Steve Paulson why he chose to use a hermaphrodite as his narrator.
Cancer patient Katie Paul has ovarian cancer and describes how the disease has changed her life.
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.
There are currently 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US. Jose Angel N is one example.
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