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August 31, 2016

Q&A: Kelley Armstrong on Her Modern Gothic Novel "Betrayals," and the Craft of Writing

August 31, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Kelley Armstrong on Her Modern Gothic Novel "Betrayals," and the Craft of Writing

And Why She Likes Writing Books About "a Small Town with a Secret"

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August 31, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Modern Gothic, Gothic, Craft of Writing
August 26, 2016

Q&A: Julia Keller on Hard Times in Appalachia, Mystery Writing, and Not Moving Back Home

August 26, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Julia Keller on Hard Times in Appalachia, Mystery Writing, and Not Moving Back Home

And Why She is Drawn to the Idea of "Appalachian Fatalism"

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August 26, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Mysteries, Appalachia, Poverty, Authors on Writing
August 19, 2016

Q&A: A New Book on Using Genetic Breakthroughs to Try to Save a Sick Boy's Life

August 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A New Book on Using Genetic Breakthroughs to Try to Save a Sick Boy's Life

Mark Johnson Talks About 'One in a Billion,' which Began as a Pulitzer-Winning Newspaper Series

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August 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Genetics, Medicine, Disease, Science
August 03, 2016

Q&A: Lili Wright Talks About Plotting Thrillers, Writing About Mexico, and Turning Truth into Fiction

August 03, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Lili Wright Talks About Plotting Thrillers, Writing About Mexico, and Turning Truth into Fiction

And Why She Finds Male Characters Easier to Write than Female Ones

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August 03, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Mexico, Thrillers, Writing Techniques
July 15, 2016

Q&A: Jonathan Levi Talks About 'Septimania,' His Ambitious New Novel of History and Ideas

July 15, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Jonathan Levi Talks About 'Septimania,' His Ambitious New Novel of History and Ideas

A Heady Story that Moves Between 8th Century France and the 1970s

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July 15, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Jonathan Levi, France, History, The 1970s
June 15, 2016

Q&A: A. Scott Berg on His Classic Max Perkins Biography, Now a Big Movie Starring Jude Law

June 15, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A. Scott Berg on His Classic Max Perkins Biography, Now a Big Movie Starring Jude Law

A Profile of the Legendary Editor of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Wolfe

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June 15, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Max Perkins, Publishing, Editor, Books, Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald
June 10, 2016

Q&A: Cameron Stracher, on His Darkly Comic Novel About a Troubled Law School

June 10, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Cameron Stracher, on His Darkly Comic Novel About a Troubled Law School

An institution “filled with human beings who should have known better”

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June 10, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Law, Law School, Education, Satire
May 20, 2016

Q&A: A New York Times Reporter Tells the Inside Story of Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah

May 20, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A New York Times Reporter Tells the Inside Story of Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah

A Good-Natured Horse, who Was the First Triple Crown Winner in 37 years

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May 20, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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American Pharoah, Horse racing, Horses
April 27, 2016

Q&A: Burt Neuborne on "Madison's Music," a Bold New Approach to Interpreting the Constitution

April 27, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Burt Neuborne on "Madison's Music," a Bold New Approach to Interpreting the Constitution

Reading the Constitution with an eye toward poetry and music

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April 27, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Law, Constitution, Law Day
April 08, 2016

Q&A: The Pioneering Female New Deal Lawyer Who Went from an Orphan's Home to the Supreme Court

April 08, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: The Pioneering Female New Deal Lawyer Who Went from an Orphan's Home to the Supreme Court

Bessie Margolin shaped equal rights law for generations -- and prosecuted Nazis

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April 08, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
Q & A
New Deal, Law, Women, Supreme Court, Biography
March 30, 2016

Q&A: Thomas Frank on the Democrats' Disgrace: Abandoning Working-Class Americans

March 30, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Thomas Frank on the Democrats' Disgrace: Abandoning Working-Class Americans

The Democratic Party is "committed to the winners in the inequality sweepstakes"

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March 30, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Democrats, Politics, Presidential Campaign
March 09, 2016

Q&A: On Triumphing Over a Dysfunction-Filled Childhood in Rural Arkansas

March 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: On Triumphing Over a Dysfunction-Filled Childhood in Rural Arkansas

A memoir from a music critic who decided failing was not an option

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March 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Q & A
Memoirs, African-American Literature, Southern United States, Gay Literature
February 23, 2016

Q&A: Will We Ever Fix Our Broken, Discriminatory Voting System?

February 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Will We Ever Fix Our Broken, Discriminatory Voting System?

Michael Waldman discusses his new book, The Fight to Vote

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February 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Voting Rights, Law, Civil Rights, Constitution
February 10, 2016

Q&A: What Can We Learn from Studying Translations of the Bible?

February 10, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: What Can We Learn from Studying Translations of the Bible?

Translation, Aviya Kushner says, is "a state of the soul"

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February 10, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
Q & A
Bible, Religion, Translation, Hebrew
January 20, 2016

Q&A: Columnist E.J. Dionne on the Future of the Increasingly Radicalized Republican Party

January 20, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Columnist E.J. Dionne on the Future of the Increasingly Radicalized Republican Party

And his new book, Why The Right Went Wrong

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January 20, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
E.J. Dionne, Presidential Campaign, Politics, Republicans
December 09, 2015

Q&A: A Public Radio Journalist On Writing a Book with a Dying Man

December 09, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Public Radio Journalist On Writing a Book with a Dying Man

I really wasn’t convinced that talking to a dying man for a breakfast hour radio show would be something listeners would want to hear. 

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December 09, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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Cathy Wurzer, Bruce Kramer, ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Illness, Death and Dying
November 11, 2015

Q&A: Hundreds of Jews Locked in a Barn and Burned to Death (by Poles, Not Nazis): Poland, 1941

November 11, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Hundreds of Jews Locked in a Barn and Burned to Death (by Poles, Not Nazis): Poland, 1941

A Talk with a Polish Journalist Who Dug Into an Ugly Part of Her Nation's Past

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November 11, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
Q & A
History, Poland, Jews, World War II
September 18, 2015

Q&A with John D. Williams Jr., Scrabble Expert

September 18, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Q&A with John D. Williams Jr., Scrabble Expert

 "Twice I've heard a player scream and run out of the tournament room"

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September 18, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Games, Scrabble, Words
September 03, 2015

Q & A With Author Charles Kaiser

September 03, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Q & A With Author Charles Kaiser

I think celebrating genuine heroism is one of the most exciting things a writer can do

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September 03, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
World War II, Charles Kaiser
August 30, 2015

Q & A With Author Katha Pollitt

August 30, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Q & A With Author Katha Pollitt

Interview by Dorothy Samuels

How did it come to this? Was there a bad strategic decision, or series of them at some point by pro-choice forces?

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August 30, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Dorothy Samuels, Katha Pollitt, Abortion, Q & A
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