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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jennifer Egan tells Steve Paulson all about her polyphonic narrative "A Visit from the Goon Squad."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Keith Miller is a novelist for whom libraries function as a muse.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Peter Klimley is the world’s leading expert on Hammerhead and Great White sharks. He tells Jim Fleming what Hollywood got wrong in “Jaws."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Can you actually see creativity in the brain?   Neuroscientist Rex Jung describes brain imaging studies of creativity in action.

You can also listen to the EXTENDED interview, and read the extended transcript.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Marilynne Robinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Gilead,” talks about the book with Steve Paulson.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Patricia Volk recalls growing up in a New York restaurant family.  She describes the cuisine at the family’s eateries, and what they ate at home.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Poetry Foundation's mandate is to support "a vigorous presence for poetry." In our digital age, that means getting poems onto our screens, big and small. Catherine Halley run the Foundation's digital programs. 

Also, you can hear more poems from Nikki Giovanni here!

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

S. Alexander Reed gives us a crash course on what may be the ultimate protest music -- industrial music.

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