Books

Novelist Jonathan Franzen

Fresh Air

October 15, 2001 • Author Jonathan Franzen joins Fresh Air to discuss his critically acclaimed and award-winning novel, The Corrections. It is a saga about two generations of an American family; the parents and their children.

Novelist Jonathan Franzen

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Author Interviews

Author James Reston Jr.

Fresh Air

October 8, 2001 • His new book is Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade (Doubleday). It's the story of the battle for the Holy Land in the late 12th century. It begins as a dual biography of Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt, Syria, Arabia and Mesopotamia, and Richard I, King of England, known as the Lionheart. The two men led the battling Islamic and Christian armies. James Reston is also the author of twelve books, including The Last Apocalypse and Galileo: A Life. He is currently a scholar in residence at the Library of Congress.

Author James Reston Jr.

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Food

Editor-in-chief of 'Gourmet' Magazine Ruth Reichl

Fresh Air

May 4, 2001 • Ruth Reichl is editor in chief of Gourmet magazine and a former restaurant critic for The New York Times. Her book Tender at the Bone: Growing up at the Table, described her lifelong passion for food. She continues her story with Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table.

Editor-in-chief of 'Gourmet' Magazine Ruth Reichl

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In Search of Literary 'Truth'

June 10, 1999 • Charges of fictionalization in Rigoberta Menchu's Nobel Prize-winning autobiography fuel a passionate debate: Can rewritten "facts" still do justice to the truth?

In Search of Literary 'Truth'

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Movies

Oprah Winfrey's Film Adaptation of 'Beloved'

October 16, 1998 • Film Critic Pat Dowell reports on Beloved, the new movie by Jonathan Demme based on the Toni Morrison novel. The movie was produced by and stars Oprah Winfrey.

Oprah Winfrey's Film Adaptation of 'Beloved'

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Political Scandals

Romancing The Prez

February 25, 1998 • Commentator Patt Morrison makes the point that presidential affairs are nothing new. While the Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair caused quite a stir, she says there are far more romantic presidential tales to tell.

Romancing The Prez

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Arts & Life

'Drown' Depicts Lives of Dominicans, Americans

October 3, 1996 • Junot Diaz is a young writer who was born in the Dominican Republic. He was raised there, but also in New Jersey, and he has just published a collection of stories about growing up on his old home island and in the U.S. The book is called Drown.

'Drown' Depicts Lives of Dominicans, Americans

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