Find out how the human brain learns to read - and why some people have a hard time learning to read, as can be the case with dyslexics. Also: the story of an Ethiopian woman's mission to help AIDS orphans in her country. Junot Diaz talks about his hit novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. And the history of how the AP covers breaking news.
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Guests:
Junot DiazThe Science of the Reading Brain
Professor of child development Maryanne Wolf explains how the human brain learns to read – and why some people have a very difficult time learning how to read, as in the case of dyslexics. Her recent book is Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading ...
Helping AIDS Orphans in Ethiopia
Ethiopian AIDS orphans often don’t get the help they need. Journalist Melissa Fay Greene tells the story of a remarkable Ethiopian woman who found herself running an unofficial orphanage for some of those children. Her recent book is There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue ...
Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz’s acclaimed debut novel is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Michiko Kakutani wrote in the New York Times that it’s "so original it can only be described as Mario Vargas Llosa meets Star Trek meets David Foster Wallace meets Kanye West."
Making News
The reporters of the Associated Press have been on the scene of every breaking news story of the past 160 years, as chronicled in a new book called Breaking News. AP vice president and managing editor Mike Silverman, photographer Richard Drew, and staff writer Richard Pyle will tell us ...
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