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December, 21 2011
Day 3: Late-blooming junior college teacher brings home a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur `Genius' award this year.

November, 29 2011
Lynne Cox used the skills she learned as a champion marathon swimmer to persevere in the next chapter of her life, as an author.

October, 18 2011
Author Stacy Schiff explains how history and the present can collide to make for great storytelling.

June, 28 2011
Meet Emily Rubin, the impresario of a literary reading series staged in laundromats.