Arts & Culture

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Readers' Review: "Olive Kitteridge" (Random House)

June 24, 2009

Diane leads a discussion about the collection of stories which won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

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Stacy Keach (Rebroadcast)

June 21, 2009

The actor joins Diane to talk about his life, career, and current role as King Lear at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington.

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Stacy Keach

June 17, 2009

The actor joins Diane to talk about his life, career, and current role as King Lear at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington.

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Valerie Harper (Rebroadcast)

June 7, 2009

The actress talks about her career and her current role as Tallulah Bankhead in the Arena Stage production of "Looped."

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Matthew Crawford: "Shop Class As Soulcraft" (Penguin)

June 2, 2009

A philosopher and motorcycle mechanic explains why not everyone should aspire to work behind a desk. He talks about the emotional satisfaction and intellectual demand of making and fixing things with your hands.

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Valerie Harper

June 1, 2009

The actress talks about her career and her current role as Tallulah Bankhead in the Arena Stage production of "Looped."

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Rita Dove: "Sonata Mulattica" (Norton) (Rebroadcast)

May 25, 2009

Former U-S Poet Laureate Rita Dove is known for exploring history, race and culture. She discusses her latest collection of poetry which tells the true story of a forgotten biracial violinist who inspired Beethoven.

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Abraham Verghese "Cutting For Stone" (Knopf) (Rebroadcast)

May 25, 2009

A physician talks about writing a sweeping medical saga set in India, Ethiopia, and New York City.

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Readers' Review: "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

May 20, 2009

To mark the anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birth 150 years ago this month, Diane and her guests discuss the most famous of his mysteries. It's the tale of an ancient curse and a savage ghostly beast.

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Colm Toibin: "Brooklyn" (Scribner)

May 18, 2009

Irish author Colm Toibin discusses his latest novel. Set in Ireland and Brooklyn in the 1950s, it challenges the conventional immigration story.

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