Andrew Carroll directs the Legacy Project, which is dedicated to preserving war-time correspondence. He also organized pocket-sized “Armed Services Editions” of several books and distributed them to American troops.
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Novelist Abby Frucht talks with Judith Strasser about her latest - "Polly's Ghost." Polly, the narrator, is learning how to be a ghost.
Anne Strainchamps surveys the enchanting world of children's literature.
Alex Kerr tells Jim Fleming that the administration of daily life in Japan is completely divorced from politics and that Japan spends some 40 percent of its budget on construction.
The film “Buzkashi Boys” is a coming of age story set in Afghanistan’s national sport, Buzkashi. It's a game of horse polo played with a dead goat instead of a ball. Plus, a coda from novelist Khaled Hosseini.
From Bloomer, Wisconsin, listener Jonathan Blyth sent us a ghost story called "You Are What You Eat."
Novelist Amy Tan takes on the comic misunderstandings that arise when Americans seek enlightenment in China in her new novel.
Worried about getting old? Amy Gorman was, so she went looking for inspiration among old women - some who were over 100.
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