The best-selling Turkish novelist Elif Shafak was put on trial ten years ago for "insulting Turkishness". She says the political climate in Turkey is more polarized than ever today, and even riskier for writers. She also believes fiction can help heal divided cultures.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jungian analyst David Lindorff is the author of "Pauli and Jung: The Meeting of Two Great Minds."
Azar Nafisi reads from her memoir "Things I've Been Silent About." She created a sensation with her book "Reading Lolita in Tehran."
Food critic Carolyn Wyman talks with Steve Paulson about the history of Wonder Bread.
Daniel Smith talks about his book, "Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety."
Cheri Register is the author of “Packinghouse Daughter: A Memoir.” She talks about her visit with her sixth grade class to the meat-packing plant where her father worked.
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