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Paul Beatty recommends a novel by German-Jewish Holocaust survivor Edgar Hilsenrath.
Kent Walker is the son of Sante Kimes, who is currently incarcerated for the murder of a New York woman. Walker is the author of a memoir called “Son of A Grifter.”
Robert Greenwald supports the Obama administration but thinks they're dead wrong about Afghanistan.
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer started on his path to fame in the 1950s with a cartoon strip for "The Village Voice" that eventually won him a Pulitzer Prize.
Master gardener Michael Pollan talks about his youthful experiment with growing marijuana and explains how the war on drugs spurred growers into developing a stronger, hardier plant.
Laura Miller talks with Steve Paulson about her long relationship with the Narnia books. She read them as a child and loved them.
Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of several novels and two collections of widely anthologized short stories...
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