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(photo by: Gabe Palacio)
Anna Funder shares her non-fiction debut about surveillance and paranoia in East Germany, Stasiland. Comedy Central’s Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello, of Strangers With Candy, join The Daily Show’s Stephen Colbert to discuss their latest project, a satiric look into small town life, Wigfield. Then Marjarie Satrapi shares her comic strip hey memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, Persepolis. And Courtney Angela Brkic discusses her debut collection of stories set around the war in Yugoslavia, Stillness: And Other Stories.
Anna Funder
Anna Funder shares her non-fiction debut about surveillance and paranoia in East Germany, Stasiland.
Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert
Comedy Central’s Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello, of Strangers With Candy, join The Daily Show’s Stephen Colbert to discuss their latest project, a satiric look into small town life, Wigfield.
Marjarie Satrapi
Marjarie Satrapi shares her comic strip hey memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, Persepolis.
Courtney Angela Brkic
Courtney Angela Brkic discusses her debut collection of stories set around the war in Yugoslavia, Stillness: And Other Stories.
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