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Mary Karr On 'The Art Of Memoir'
Mary Karr discusses the faults of memory, the challenges of ...
Mary Karr discusses the faults of memory, the challenges of writing about loved ones and the pain of deleting 1,200 pages because "there was something untrue about them." Her new book is 'The Art of Memoir.'
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An American-Born Al-Qaida Recruiter's Influence 4 Years After Death
In 'Operation Troy', author Scott Shane details the life, death ...
In 'Operation Troy', author Scott Shane details the life, death and influence of Anwar al-Awlaki. "His status as a martyr has given his message even greater authority," Shane says of the propagandist. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews 'Canada Day IV.'
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Best Of: Trump's White Nationalist Support // Alison Brie
'New Yorker' staff writer Evan Osnos discusses his article about ...
'New Yorker' staff writer Evan Osnos discusses his article about Trump's white nationalist support. Sportswriter Lonnie Wheeler talks about his new book 'Intangiball.' It's about the intangible ways baseball players help their teams win. Alison Brie played Pete Campbell's wife Trudy in 'Mad Men.' In 'Community,' she played Annie Edison. Brie now stars alongside Jason Sudeikis in the new movie 'Sleeping with Other People.'
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The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle
Songwriter John Darnielle talks about his difficult childhood, finding refuge ...
Songwriter John Darnielle talks about his difficult childhood, finding refuge in music, and his novel, 'Wolf in White Van.' [Originally broadcast September 2014] Film critic David Edelstein reviews 'Sleeping With Other People,' starring Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis.
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America's Forgotten History Of Mexican-American 'Repatriation'
With a scarcity of jobs during the Depression, more than ...
With a scarcity of jobs during the Depression, more than a million Mexican-Americans were sent to Mexico. Author, Francisco Balderrama estimates that 60 percent were American citizens. Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Carly Rae Jepsen's new album 'Emotion.' Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Elena Ferrante's final novel in the Neapolitan series, 'The Story of the Lost Child.'
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Actress Alison Brie / A Doctor Reflects on Race and Medicine
Alison Brie played Pete Campbell's wife Trudy in 'Mad Men.' ...
Alison Brie played Pete Campbell's wife Trudy in 'Mad Men.' In 'Community,' she played Annie Edison. Brie now stars alongside Jason Sudeikis in the new movie 'Sleeping with Other People.' Also Dr. Damon Tweedy talks about his new memoir 'Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine.' And TV critic David Bianculli reviews the premiere of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.'
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'Negroland' Author / The Subtle Things that Win Baseball Games
Pulitzer Prize winning cultural critic Margo Jefferson calls the region ...
Pulitzer Prize winning cultural critic Margo Jefferson calls the region she's from, 'Negroland.' She describes it as a 'small region of Negro America where residents were sheltered by a certain amount of privilege and plenty.' 'Negroland' is also the title of Jefferson's new memoir. And, sportswriter Lonnie Wheeler talks about his new book 'Intangiball.' It's about the intangible ways baseball players help their teams win.
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Louis C.K.
One of our favorite recent interviews with comic Louis C.K. ...
One of our favorite recent interviews with comic Louis C.K. He'll talk about some of his formative experiences, like doing drugs when he was a kid. And he'll tell us how he got his start in standup, and how his comedy evolved.
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Best Of: Jonathan Franzen / The Legacy of Autism
The author of the bestsellers 'The Corrections' and 'Freedom,' talks ...
The author of the bestsellers 'The Corrections' and 'Freedom,' talks about his new novel, 'Purity.' Also, science writer Steve Silberman, author of the new book, NeuroTribes, discusses how our understanding of autism has changed over the decades, and how myths about autism caught on.
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Wes Craven
We remember director Wes Craven by listening back to several ...
We remember director Wes Craven by listening back to several interviews Terry Gross recorded with him over the years. Craven, who is best known for his horror films 'Scream,' and 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' died Sunday, August 30th. Also, critic Milo Miles reviews a new collection of songs by Argentina's most famous pop star. And commentator Jessica Grose considers the challenges of parenting when pre-schools are making it harder for working parents.
