Novelist Amy Tan tells Anne Strainchamps about the murder that shaped her life as a writer and the role that fate has played in her family's history.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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In 2011, as Hurricane Irene made landfall in New York City, poet Edward Hirsch learned that his 22-year old son Gabriel had died from a bad drug reaction and subsequent seizure. Later, Hirsch composed “Gabriel,” a book-length elegy poem about his relationship with his son, and his loss.
Ann Vanderhoof and her husband ditched their lives in Toronto to sail South. The journey changed their lives.
Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif tells Steve Paulson about the minimal lasting impact of the British occupation of her country, and why she lives and writes in Britain.
“Alif the Unseen” is steeped in an old tradition. It’s a book of magic about a book of magic.
Alistair McGrath teaches Historical Theology at Oxford University and he’s the author of “In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible, and How It Changed a Nation, a Language and a Culture.”
Arabic interperter Kayla Williams served in Iraq as a sergeant in a military intelligence company of the 101st Airborne Division.
Andreas Viestad is Norwegian and the host of the PBS series “New Scandinavian Cooking.” He talks about his adventures cooking in the field across Norway.
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