Sam Briger

November 28, 2017

12:32

For Jesmyn Ward, Writing Means Telling The 'Truth About The Place That I Live In'

Ward's National Book Award-winning novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing, is set in a small town modeled after her own rural hometown. It centers on a biracial young boy confronting the South's racial legacy.

Author Jesmyn Ward smiles for a photo at the National Book Awards ceremony

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November 14, 2017

21:16

'Stranger Things 2' Creators Wanted A Sequel That Topped The Original

A conversation with the two brothers - twins -- Matt & Ross Duffer -- who created the popular sci-fi horror series, Stranger Things.

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October 2, 2017

59:01

How An Epic Poem Helped Transform A Difficult Father-Son Relationship

Author David Mendelsohn says having his 81-year-old father in the college seminar he was teaching on Homer's Odyssey led to an unexpected bonding.

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For Jesmyn Ward, Writing Means Telling The 'Truth About The Place That I Live In'

'Stranger Things 2' Creators Wanted A Sequel That Topped The Original

How An Epic Poem Helped Transform A Difficult Father-Son Relationship

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