Set in the aftermath of Iran’s fraudulent elections of 2009, Zahra’s Paradise is the fictional story of the search for Mehdi, a young protestor who has vanished into an extrajudicial twilight zone.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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It was a snowy day. Susan B. Anthony invited Frederick Douglass to tea. Author Dean Robbins reads from "Two Friends," his new picture for kids.
Is this... a date?
Should I ..? Are we going to..?
A story from Marilyn Pittman.
Anthony Bourdain tells Steve Paulson about his early days in professional kitchens and as an executive chef.
Novelist Ana Menendez talks about her book “Loving Che.” She reads a passage and they discuss the real Che Guevara and his impact on Latin America.
Alaa Al Aswany is one of the top-selling novelists in the Arab world, but because copyright protections are weak there, he still works part-time as a dentist.
Doug Gordon profiles Anne Beatts, one of the original writers for the groundbreaking late night comedy series "Saturday Night Live".
Much of what we think about Karl Marx is wrong, according to cultural critic Terry Eagleton. And he says Marx admired capitalism, though he was also its most trenchant critic.
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