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Kalamu Ya Salaam on the Future of New Orleans

Kalamu Ya Salaam is a writer, film-maker and producer who evacuated New Orleans just ahead of the storm.

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Marilyn Johnson on "The Dead Beat"

Marilyn Johnson tells Anne Strainchamps why obituaries are the best stories in the paper.

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Rebecca Solnit on "A Field Guide to Getting Lost"

Getting lost has many meanings and sometimes it’s a good thing if it allows you to go beyond your own constraints and comfort zones.

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Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen on "American Nietzsche"

Historian Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen talks to Steve Paulson about her book, "American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and His Ideas."

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Kelley Eskridge on "Dangerous Space"

Kelley Eskridge is a fiction writer, essayist and screenwriter. Her latest collection of short stories is called "Dangerous Space." Three of the stories feature a compelling character named Mars whose gender is never revealed.

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On Our Minds: Iraq War Poetry

Kevin Powers has spent the last decade reflecting on his experiences as a machine gunner in Iraq in 2004 and 2005.  He talks about his new poetry collection "Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting."

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Richard Harwood on Political Authenticity

Richard Harwood talks with Anne Strainchamps about the quality of authenticity as the public perceives it in politicians.

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Marsha Mehran on "Pomegranate Soup"

Marsha Mehran was born in Tehran but grew up in Argentina and is now married to an Irishman.

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