Part memoir, part comic and part activity book, "What It is" reflects Lynda Barry's belief that everyone is an artist and has stories to tell.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Mohamed Nasheed is on a mission to save his country. The Maldives is one of the nations most vulnerable to the effects of climate change; some models predict that the Maldives could be underwater in a few decades.
Oscar Hijuelos is the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature for his book "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love." His memoir is called "Thoughts Without Cigarettes."
Pir Zubair Shah is a Pakistani journalist who risked his life reporting for the New York Times from his homeland -- Waziristan, in the heart of Taliban-controlled Pashtun area. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work, but had to leave his country.
John Taliaferro is the author of “Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mt. Rushmore.”
Richard Rodriguez tells Steve Paulson why he celebrates being brown and says Hispanics are the first minority to self-identity by culture rather than race.
Katrina Browne produced and directed the documentary "Traces of the Trade" in an effort to come to terms with her family's legacy of slave trading. Browne talks with Jim Fleming and we hear excerpts from her film.
Ithaca Hours is the oldest and largest alternative currency in the US. Since 1991, Ithaca Hours has an estimated circulation of several million dollars and has spawned about 80 imitators around the country.
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