Julia Sweeney grew up Catholic, but lost her faith and left the Church.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Reverend Michael A. Schuler talks about the satisfactions of staying put.
Richard Rodriguez tells Steve Paulson why he celebrates being brown and says Hispanics are the first minority to self-identity by culture rather than race.
Lynn Sharon Schwartz is a veteran traveler and novelist but has admitted to herself that at this stage in her life, she is over traveling.
Khaled Hosseini's novel “The Kite Runner” put Afghan fiction on the map. Hosseini's new book is “And the Mountains Echoed.”
Nathan Rabin, head writer for "The Onion's" entertainment section, "A.V. Club.", explains the pivotal role popular culture has played throughout his life.
Novelist Jane Smiley tells Jim Fleming Dickens had extraordinary energy and vitality, and by writing sympathetically about the poor and working class, he changed English literature forever.
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