Graphic Novels Panel: Art Spiegelman, Chip Kidd, Jessica Abel, Charles Burns & David Heatley
Recorded 11/6/2008
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Art Spiegelman | Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist a... More...

Chinua Achebe | Things Fall Apart 50th Anniversary
Recorded 3/27/2008
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Chinua Achebe's groundbreaking 1958 novel Things Fall Apart is one of the most frequently read books in the world... More...

Diane Ackerman | The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Recorded 9/20/2007
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When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka dive bombers devastated Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it. In this powerful, tr... More...

John Adams interviewed by Alex Ross
Recorded 11/20/2008
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John Adams | Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life

Winner of several Grammy Awards and the ... More...

Madeleine Albright | Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership
Recorded 1/29/2008
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Serving from 1996 to 2000 as part of the Clinton administration, Madeleine Albright was the first woman to hold the posi... More...

Buzz Aldrin | Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon
Recorded 7/21/2009
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On the 40th anniversary of the historic moon landing, Buzz Aldrin tells the behind the scenes story of the Apollo 11 mis... More...

Sherman Alexie | War Dances
Recorded 10/28/2009
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(This recording contains explicit content.) Praised for his unsentimental portrayals of contemporary life among N... More...

Sherman Alexie | Flight
Recorded 6/5/2007
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(This recording contains explicit content.) A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene tribal member who grew up on the reservation,... More...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Infidel
Recorded 3/20/2007
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Born in Somalia and raised Muslim, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the former Dutch politician who became the target of terrorists fo... More...

David Allen | Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life
Recorded 1/8/2009
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David Allen's smash bestseller Getting Things Done revolutionized the way people, from CEOs to soccer moms, organ... More...

Isabel Allende | Zorro and Forest of Pygmies
Recorded 5/24/2005
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Chilean author Isabel Allende has written many books, including Portrait in Sepia, Eva Luna, the memoir Paula,... More...

Martin Amis | House of Meetings
Recorded 2/1/2007
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With the publication of his debut novel, The Rachel Papers, Martin Amis emerged as one of the leading British wri... More...

Kurt Andersen | Heyday with Jonathan Lethem | You Don't Love Me Yet
Recorded 3/22/2007
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Kurt Andersen was co-founder and editor of Spy magazine, editor-in-chief of New York magazine, and current... More...

Natalie Angier | The Canon: A Whirlygig Tour Through the Beautiful Basics of Science
Recorded 5/8/2007
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Natalie Angier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for the New York Times and author of Women: An Intimate Geogra... More...

Elias Khoury | Yalo AND Sinan Antoon | I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody
Recorded 3/25/2008
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Lebanese writer Elias Khoury is the author of Little Mountain, The Kingdom of Strangers, and Gate of th... More...

Karen Armstrong | The Case for God
Recorded 10/1/2009
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A powerful voice for ecumenical understanding, Karen Armstrong is the author of many acclaimed books on religious affair... More...

Mawi Asgedom | Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard
Recorded 2/6/2008
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2008 One Book companion title Of Beetles and Angels tells the unforgettable, true story of a young boy's j... More...

Shalom Auslander | Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir
Recorded 11/8/2007
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(This recording contains explicit content.) Shalom Auslander's stories and essays have appeared in the New Yor... More...

Shalom Auslander | Beware of God with Eric Bogosian | Wasted Beauty
Recorded 5/5/2005
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Shalom Auslander was raised as an Orthodox Jew in Spring Valley, NY. Nominated for the prestigious Koret Award for write... More...

Jules Feiffer and Jenny Allen | The Long Chalkboard
Recorded 11/21/2006
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Jules Feiffer's Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip ran for forty-two years in the Village Voice and his cartoon... More...

Seth | George Sprott (1894-1975) with Adrian Tomine | Shortcomings and A Drifting Life
Recorded 6/9/2009
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A celebrated cartoonist and illustrator for the New Yorker, Seth has earned Harvey, Eisner, and Ignatz awa... More...