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Nothing is ever the same after the first time. Find out how these authors did it for the first time: Susan Strecker, Helen Wan, and John Benditt.

The ears don't lie. They know when something sounds phoney. But what about authors writing about music? What do they hear? Rick Moody, Julia Titus, Mary Morris.

The journey from the heavens to our heart can happen in the blink of an eye. But from the heart to the Heavens is a different story. Legal battles may stand in the way. Charles Spencer, Mary Pilon, and Roger Cohen.

We are what we eat. But what about if you don't like the diet you eat? What would you become? Greg O'Brien, Charlotte Markey, Jena La Flamme.

Do events shape our life stories? Or do the stories we tell ourselves affect our lives? Find out with Shari Goldhagen, Alan Hruska, Amanda Vaill.

We often celebrate the "Grand Narratives" taking place in our world. But what about the "little narratives"? The lives of those billions of people we never heard of? John Oller, M J Rose, Alyson Richman discuss the topic..

Whether through scapegoats or martyrs, the dustbins of history are filled with conflicts born out of blaming others for one's misfortunes: David Margolick, Jon Ronson, Jane Green. The history of Others is also the history of acceptance and differences. Why are we so determined to ...

From time immemorial, mankind has feared the power of a boundless universe and its wheel of fortune: Caleb Scharf, Paul Strohm, Barb Schmidt. Sky falling, icy floods, and even the self-inflicted emotional wounds appear to be the results of its wheel of fortune.

Whether based on real events or on spur of the moment, crime stories never cease to fascinate audiences around the world: Bradford Morrow, Nina Darnton, Okey Ndibe. All of them boil down to a handful of simple premises: how is the criminal going to get caught? Who did it? We, the readers, cruise to the pages...

Poetry should have disappeared after Auschwitz but our guests prove that writing is as creative as ever: Marc Levy, Paul Muldoon, Chris Pavone. Even though Adorno claimed that writing poetry after Auschwitz was impossible, poetry has persisted and flourished. The vitality of our three guests proves that writing more than ever is an integral part of life to share our experiences . . .

They call themselves actors when they really are actresses. Meet the new crop of authoresses: Amy Sohn, Stacey D'Erasmo, Alice Eve Cohen. This week panel consists of women authors. Whether we call them Authors or Authoresses, these writers (or shall we say writeresses?), have strong feminine voices, even though they all write fiction ...

Today we talk about dusty rock and data collection with Pamela Fiori, David Shafer, Justin Martin. Host, Frederic Colier, introduces the first episode of season #2 of Books du Jour. Whether deciphering an old parchment in some remote library or questioning the global culling of private data, authors always start with some treasure trove of information...