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Orhan Pamuk on "Snow"

Orhan Pamuk is Turkey’s most famous writer and a cultural ambassador for Turkey around the world.

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Listener Dangerous Idea on Teaching

Kate La Riviere-Gagner's Dangerous Idea? There should be a reality show to give people a better idea of what a day in the life of a teacher is like.

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Nicholson Baker on "House of Holes: A Book of Raunch"

Nicholson Baker talks about his new novel, "House of Holes: A Book of Raunch," which is set in a sexual theme park.

Nicholson Baker's "House of Holes" page on Simon and Schuster's website

 

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Paul Ekman on the Psychology of Lies

Paul Ekman tells Jim Fleming about different kinds of lies, and the physical signs that signal deceit.

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Peter Doyle on "Echo and Reverb"

Peter Doyle is the author of "Echo and Reverb: Fabricating Space in Popular Music Recording, 1900-1960."

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Jeannette Walls on Growing Up Lower Than Poor

For Jeannette Walls, one of the things she struggled with most was keeping her past a secret from just about everyone.

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Lynda Barry on Rural Living

Writer and cartoonist Lynda Barry is an outspoken left-wing intellectual with an urban sensibility who now lives off the grid in rural Wisconsin.

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How the World Became Modern

Renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt has just published a new book about the foundation for the Renaissance and the modern world.

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