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A talk about the craft of history, and America's historic election. Read more...

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A new book unveils two centuries of illuminating correspondence. Read more...

An email exchange with the bestselling author about his latest novel, The Women. Read more...

The playwright on Chekhov, translation and finding the next line. Read more...

Allen St. John discusses the strange business of sports' biggest spectacle. Read more...

The author of Food Matters on the reasons for embracing conscious eating. Read more...

The critic and memoirist on the teaching power of fiction -- and the need for a bailout of the imagination. Read more...

An in-depth talk with the former Poet Laureate, author of the newly published Ballistics. Read more...

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