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Sierra Leone was established by the British to reward black American slaves who sided with them during the Revolutionary War. Forty years after its independence, Daniel Bergner explains why the country has become so war-racked that many Sierra Leonians favor re-colonization by the west. Then evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins reflects on hope, lies, science, and love. Joyce Carol Oates examines the writing life. And P.D. James on her latest crime novel, The Murder Room.
Daniel Bergner
Daniel Bergner tells stories of picturesque, resource-rich,
and painfully war-ravaged Sierra Leone. His book is In
the Land of Magic Soldiers: A Story of White and Black in
West Africa.
Richard Dawkins
Evolutionary biologist and Oxford don Richard Dawkins has
been called one of the finest minds in science. His recent
essay collection is A Devil’s Chaplain: Reflections on
Hope, Lies, Science and Love.
Joyce Carol Oates
Prolific writer Joyce Carol Oates shares her advice to
other writers in her most recent book, The Faith of a
Writer: Life, Craft, Art.
P.D. James
P.D. James’s latest novel, The Murder Room, is set
in a peculiar museum in London dedicated to remembering
life in England between the two World Wars.
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