Paule Marshall tells Steve Paulson about the neighborhood both she and her cousin were born into, recalls Brooklyn's glorious past as a hotbed of jazz, and explains why so many African-American artists chose to live in France.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Getting lost has many meanings and sometimes it’s a good thing if it allows you to go beyond your own constraints and comfort zones.
Neil Steinberg tells Jim Fleming, among other things, why AA seems to work, even when you intellectually reject its basic premises.
Lorraine Johnson-Coleman tells Anne Strainchamps that cornbread is the ultimate Southern food and that Southerners can always recognize their loved ones’ fried chicken.
Philip Nel talks about “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.” It was the first Dr. Seuss film, made in 1952.
Richard Harwood talks with Anne Strainchamps about the quality of authenticity as the public perceives it in politicians.
Jon Scieskza tells Anne Strainchamps that boys like to read funny stuff, not the books their female teachers loved as girls.
Marsha Mehran was born in Tehran but grew up in Argentina and is now married to an Irishman.
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