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- Literature
- Art & Design
What Might Be
Samuel R. Delany and Orkan Telhan interrogate the present to glimpse the future.
Season 8, Episode
13
13:25
- Literature
The Frolics and Detours of Paul Muldoon
With poetry, Paul Muldoon sought to understand the violence in Ireland during his youth.
Season 8, Episode
12
26:46
- Literature
- Art & Design
Reflexive Cognition
Observation is vivid in the works of Paul Muldoon and Daniel Arsham.
Season 8, Episode
12
13:51
- Literature
Yusef Komunyakaa: War and Peace
Yusef Komunyakaa’s hope has survived the Jim Crow South and the Vietnam War.
Season 8, Episode
11
11:45
- Literature
Jennifer Weiner: Mrs. Everything
Jennifer Weiner has channeled early unhappy episodes into character-driven novels.
Season 8, Episode
11
26:46
- Literature
Virtuous Reality
Yusef Komunyakaa and Jennifer Weiner know that honest work can reveal new truths.
Season 8, Episode
11
13:02
- Literature
Yiyun Li: From Her Life to Ours
Great suffering drove Yiyun Li to find solace in writing.
Season 8, Episode
10
26:46
- Literature
- Dance
Self Realization
Yiyun Li and Miguel Gutierrez have been guided by self-understanding.
Season 8, Episode
10
13:00
- Literature
The Outsider
Writer Aleksandar Hemon vowed that the horrors of the Bosnian War would not be forgotten.
Season 8, Episode
9
26:46
- Music
- Literature
Displacement
David Gray and Aleksandar Hemon struggled to be heard at home. The world soon caught up.
Season 8, Episode
9
11:22
- Literature
Shira Erlichman: Be/Hold
Shira Erlichman’s journey to self-acceptance began with her bipolar disorder diagnosis.
Season 8, Episode
8
13:56
- Literature
Deborah Eisenberg: Love Without Haste
Deborah Eisenberg’s outsider status has fed her literary growth.
Season 8, Episode
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