How is our society’s focus on the now, the quick, and the easy transforming our culture and what’s it doing to our minds?
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The Arab Awakening and Change in the Middle East
How is the Arab Awakening changing the geopolitical dynamic in the Middle East and what might the future hold for Syria, Iran, and their neighbors?
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Becoming A Writer
How did stories about World War II inspire a young Australian to become a writer?
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Previewing The Oscars
Who will win big at Sunday night’s Academy Awards?
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Bernini's Beloved
How did the sculptor Bernini choose his subjects and what do we know of his relationships with the people he immortalized in marble and clay?
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The Financial Crisis, The Response, And The Work Ahead
What is still needed for our economy to fully recover from recent financial woes?
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Bob Balaban's Creature From the Seventh Grade
What makes a character work on the page or on the screen and just how important are those traumatic pre-teen years to a writer and actor’s later creativity?
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A Conversation with Judy Blume
What makes a children’s book a classic and how is literature for young people changing today?
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Underwater Eden
What will it take to preserve the remaining few pristine marine ecosystems on the planet?
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The Art Of Nonfiction
What drives a writer to tell important stories and do the hard work to tell them well?
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Slavery And The War Of 1812
How did the War of 1812 impact the future of slavery and the roles African Americans would play in the U.S. Military and in future conflicts?
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Photographing 19th Century China
What can we learn from 140-year-old photographs of a place and way of life that just doesn’t exist anymore?
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