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On Our Minds: Margaret MacMillan on World War 1

Ever wonder what caused the outbreak of World War One? Oxford historian Margaret MacMillan recounts its origins on its 100th anniversary.

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Lisa Tucker on "Shout Down the Moon"

Lisa Tucker’s latest novel is “Shout Down the Moon.”  She talks with Jim Fleming about the role of social class in her work.

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Mitch Cantor on Gadfly Records

Mitch Cantor is the founder of Gadfly Records, and dedicated to spreading the word about obscure, unique and offbeat projects.  Cantor tells Steve Paulson about some of the artists he records.

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Peter Carey on Ned Kelly

Peter Carey's  novel "True History of The Kelly Gang" has been described as "a spectacular feat of literary ventriloquism."  Carey tells Steve Paulson that's because he wrote the book in another voice.

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Judy Strasser on "Black Eye"

Former TTBOOK producer and interviewer Judith Strasser talks with Jim Fleming about the details of deciding what to leave out of an intimate memoir.

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Leslie Marmon Silko on Being Part of the Native American Renaissance

Leslie Marmon Silko writes and paints to help understanding of her native Laguna Pueblo tribe.

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Karen Russell, MacArthur genius

What's it like to win a MacArthur "genius" award?  Fiction writer Karen Rusell tells Anne Strainchamps about the day she heard the news, and talks about her special blend of fantasy and realism in her short stories.

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Lynda Barry on "What It is"

Part memoir, part comic and part activity book, "What It is" reflects Lynda Barry's belief that everyone is an artist and has stories to tell.

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