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http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-05-29/readers-review-art-fielding-chad-harbach
Readers' Review: "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach

Readers' Review: "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach

May 29, 2013

A novel about love, friendship, the pursuit of perfection – and baseball. For this month's Readers' Review: "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-05-23/khaled-hosseini-and-mountains-echoed
Khaled Hosseini: "And The Mountains Echoed"

Khaled Hosseini: "And The Mountains Echoed"

May 23, 2013

The author of the international best-seller “The Kite Runner” sets his latest novel in Afghanistan, San Francisco and Paris. How a wrenching family decision echoes across generations and time zones.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-05-22/charles-moore-margaret-thatcher
Charles Moore: "Margaret Thatcher"

Charles Moore: "Margaret Thatcher"

May 22, 2013

When Margaret Thatcher was elected leader of the opposition in 1975 she remarked that her victory felt “like a dream”. And the author of a new biography says that was part of her problem. To people across Britain, the idea that the...

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-05-15/qais-akbar-omar-fort-nine-towers-afghan-family-story

Qais Akbar Omar: "A Fort Of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story"

May 15, 2013

A memoir of growing up in Afghanistan. The journey one family takes as they attempt to flee decades of violence and find hope in their homeland.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-05-13/edna-obrien-country-girl-memoir
Edna O'Brien: "Country Girl: A Memoir"

Edna O'Brien: "Country Girl: A Memoir"

May 13, 2013

In 1960, Edna O'Brien published "The Country Girl," her first novel. Considered scandalous at the time, the book was burned by priests throughout her native Ireland. Undeterred, she spent the next 50 years creating a body of work that stands among the best writing of the 20th century. Diane talks with Edna O'Brien about her often lonely life and the work that sustained her.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-05-08/maya-angelou-mom-me-mom

Maya Angelou: "Mom & Me & Mom"

May 8, 2013

When poet Maya Angelou was 3 years old, she was sent to live with her grandmother. In a new memoir, she describes her reunion with her mother a decade later and their relationship going forward.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-04-30/nathaniel-philbrick-bunker-hill
Nathaniel Philbrick: "Bunker Hill"

Nathaniel Philbrick: "Bunker Hill"

April 30, 2013

Bunker Hill is among the best-known battles of the Revolutionary War. The role of ordinary citizens in the fight that changed the course of America's quest for independence.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-04-29/william-friedkin-friedkin-connection-memoir

William Friedkin: "The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir"

April 29, 2013

Diane talks with Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin about his life and decades-long career in film, and now, opera. His seminal movies include "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist."

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-04-24/readers-review-ts-eliots-four-quartets
Readers' Review: T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets"

Readers' Review: T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets"

April 24, 2013

For this month's Readers' Review: what T.S. Eliot considered his greatest work, "Four Quartets." The poems are a meditation on time, eternity and immortality.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-04-23/david-rohde-beyond-war-reimagining-american-influence-new-middle-east
David Rohde: "Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence In A New Middle East"

David Rohde: "Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence In A New Middle East"

April 23, 2013

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Rohde on how Islam is being reimagined in countries across the Middle East and what the changes mean for U.S. influence in the region.

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