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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Millard Kaufman has a long string of successes, including two Oscar nominations as a screen writer.  He tells Jim Fleming why he decided to take on a new kind of writing.

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Acclaimed novelist Martin Amis talks about growing up as the son of another famous novelist — Kingsley Amis.

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Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon’s new memoir, “Girl in a Band,” is on our minds this week. The book chronicles the influential band’s career and the end of the marriage between Gordon and fellow co-founder Thurston Moore after 27 years.

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Mark Anthony Neal considers himself a feminist and thinks that the traditional stereotypes of the Strong Black Man have contributed to the problems that Black men face today.

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Cissy Chandler was 18 years older than her husband, which he may or may not have ever known.

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Lera Auerbach's obsession with time has impacted her life in music. We hear examples of her literary and musical achievements.

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Joan Richards teaches the history of mathematics at Brown University.  Her book chronicles how her faith in mathematical laws was shaken when her son suffered a seizure.

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British TV Producer Peter Pomerantsev found he was out of his depth when he was invited to move to Moscow to develop a Russian version of the west's popular reality shows.

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