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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Edward P. Jones won the Pulitzer Prize for his first novel, "The Known World."  His short story collection is called "All Aunt Hagar's Children."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eric Kandel has spent a lifetime studying the science of memory and picked up a Nobel Prize while he was at it.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bill Welden, an expert on Tolkien’s Elvish languages, talks about Elvish derivations and vocabulary and remembers his visit to the set of the “The Lord of the Rings” movie.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Charles McGrath thinks comic books or graphic novels are becoming a legitimate art form that will probably continue to evolve.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mary Pauline Lowry has been obsessed with fire since she was a child. And she's pursued this obsession throughout her life -- by working as a member of a hotshot crew fighting wildland fires and writing a novel called "Wildfire" based on her experience.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Corey Powell tells Jim Fleming that science has become the only truly functioning religion.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Kilcullen, an advisor to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and an architect of the Troop Surge in Iraq under General Petraeus, talks about the problem with traditional counter-insurgency efforts.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Diane Halpern on Choosing the Gender of Your Child.

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