Novelist Mary Gordon used to bristle at the label "Catholic writer," but she's made peace with it now.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Michael Reilly recorded an extraordinary CD called "Como Now: The Voices of Panola County, Mississippi."
Jill Fredston tells Jim Fleming how avalanches happen. She says it has everything to do with the terrain and the condition of the snowpack.
Olga Nunes records voicemail memories of smell.
WANT TO SHARE YOUR MEMORY TOO? Just call 415-857-0589 (it is a Google voicemail box).
Want to hear more memories from others?
Author Jonathan Lethem talks to Jim Fleming about his "Harper's" Magazine essay, "The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism."
Poet Molly Peacock's biography of the 18th century paper artist, Mary Delaney.
No book has won more raves this year than Katherine Boo’s nonfiction portrait of a Mumbai slum, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers".
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