John Santos is an exponent of Afro-Latin music and leader of the jazz group John Santos and Machete.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Lauren Myracle has written three books for young adults, including “ttyl.” The book is named for an abbreviation used in Instant Messaging to mean “talk to you later.”
Nuala O’Faolain tells Jim Fleming one of her novels is based on an adulterous affair across class lines in Ireland during the potato famine.
Michael Perry is a writer and volunteer fireman who lives in the small town of New Auburn, Wisconsin. His memoir about his adventures on the rescue squad there is called “Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time.”
Kathleen Morris talks about her experience with the mental habit monastics used to describe a kind of frantic escapism and aversion to other people. It's similar, but not identical, to the modern disease of depression.
Lieutenant Shannon Kilkoyne talks about her experience as a female soldier in Iraq.
Janet Davis tells Steve Paulson that controversy has surrounded the use of animals in the American circus since the 1890s.
Errol Morris made a documentary about Abu Ghraib called "Standard Operating Procedure." Journalist Philip Gourevitch and Morris have written a companion book that examines what really happened at Abu Ghraib.
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