Daniel Alarcon is from Peru and the author of “Lost City Radio,” a fable about a nameless country broken in the aftermath of war and the woman who does a radio program for the families of the disappeared.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Frank Rich tells Jim Fleming that the Broadway musicals of his childhood were all about dysfunctional families and helped him cope with his own difficult family situation.
Irish poet Dennis O'Driscoll has eight books of poetry. The latest one is "New and Selected Poems."
Barry Unsworth says that the layers of history are tangible on Crete, and talks about some of the island’s mythic figures.
Writer Edmund White looks back over 50 years of gay love and liberation. Although married, White has resisted what he calls “gay assimilation”. He talks about the politics of gay sex and promiscuity.
He sounded the alarm about global warming over 20 years ago. Now he has a model of how to survive on our changed planet.
Dave Soldier is a neurologist with an unusual hobby. He teaches elephants to play musical instruments.
Chuck Klosterman talks about "Through a Glass, Blindly," the essay about voyeurism in his book, "Eating the Dinosaur."
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