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Alaa Al Aswany reveals the key to translating literature into other languages.
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Young Alaa As Aswany’s “garden full of flowers” had Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Marquez and Hemingway growing in it.
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Alaa Al Aswany talks about the impossibility of making a living as a writer in Egypt.
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Tom Perrotta talks about never getting around to reading what he should.
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Tom Perrotta debunks the maxim of always writing what you know.
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Tom Perrotta talks about the importance of having a writer and a thinker as president.
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Tom Perrotta notes a radical mood swing in American culture lately.
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Tom Perrotta tells of grappling with Catholicism and basic sexual urges.
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Tom Perrotta taks about his latest book and religious and moral values in the United States.
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Tom Perrotta recounts a childhood immersed in books.
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Tom Perrotta on whether literature is dead.
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Putting people to work in green-collar infrastructural jobs can buoy the economy and provide relief to homeowners, says Van Jones.
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Chuck Close is anticipating a cultural renaissance.
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Chuck Close on supporting the arts even in a recession.
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The contemporary artist on selling a nonessential product