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Reza Aslan fled Iran when he was 7 years old. Thirty years later, Aslan has become an outspoken expert on the Middle East and religion. He says the recent…
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C.D. Wright was born in the Ozark Mountains, experimenting with saxophone, mime, and ballet, until she settled upon poetry. Since then, she has won a…
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Ishmael Reed is one of the most prolific African-American poets and essayists to date, known for stirring controversy when it comes to politics and black…
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Ellis Marsalis, Jr., grew up in New Orleans when Dixieland music was everywhere. But he turned instead to the bebop of Charlie Parker and Dexter Gordon,…
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Writing a memoir can be a raw, very personal process. What does it take to crack open your own life and examine your own family tree? Does everyone have a…
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"There is no voice in American literature today like Richard Burgin." That's what Bloomsbury Press wrote about author Richard Burgin. The winner of five…
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"Tomorrow begins with shrapnel and blood...." That's the line Brian Turner wrote - about death he saw firsthand. Brian Turner was a soldier in Iraq when…
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When Peter Hessler joined the Peace Corps and taught English in China, he didn't realize those two years would turn into a lifetime of writing about China…
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Cop drives into Vegas, hunting down his ex-wife, who's now married to a Vietnamese crime boss. New movie? Nope, it's the plot for Vu Tran's novel. The…
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During the 1960s, Judith Nies was a speech writer building her career on Capitol Hill. Then one day, her husband slapped an FBI file on the table... with…