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Writers

Author of "Banner Days," Robert Poole.

Robert Poole on “Banner Days”

Smithsonian magazine staff writer and author of "One Man's Korean War."

Abigail Tucker on “One Man’s Korean War”

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Stephen Kinzer on “Inside Iran’s Fury”

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The Million Word March

What defines a word? Lexicographers and other experts don’t always agree

History’s “Global Languages”

Cameos

Adventures of a Portuguese Poet

Wild-hearted Luis Vaz de Camoes’ years abroad are not well-known, but that hasn’t lessened his legend

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David DeVoss on “Macau Hits the Jackpot”

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Richard Covington on “Lost & Found”

Hawaii-based journalist Christopher Pala has traveled the world covering various topics and is also the author of, The Oddest Place on Earth: Rediscovering the North Pole

Christopher Pala on “Victory at Sea”

Arthur Allen

Arthur Allen on “A Passion for Tomatoes”

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Kenneth R. Fletcher on “The Beach”

Rick Perlstein

Rick Perlstein on “Parties to History”

Alonzo Hamby.

Alonzo Hamby on “Parties to History”

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Interview with Leigh Montville

The sportswriter discusses John Montague’s fabled antics and how the man changed golf

Tony Perrottet

Tony Perrottet on “Small Wonders”

Jukebox

Young Talent

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Laurie Anderson Speaks Saturday

David Halberstam in 1978

Consequential

Cold winters, hot jaguars and a night to remember

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Hill of Beans

For author Julia Alvarez and her husband, starting an organic coffee plantation was a wake-up call

“When I was growing up,” says Mayda del Valle (in 2004, at the Nuyorican Poets Café in Manhattan), “I really didn’t see anyone like me on TV. Well, there was West Side Story … and we’re all gang members!”

Mighty Mouth

Spoken-word artist Mayda del Valle brings to life “democracy writ large in poetry”

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