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  • Discussing the book, "How Children Fail," and interviewing the author John Holt ; part 1

    1970

    Educator John Caldwell Holt discusses his book, "How Children Fail," part 1.

  • Ruth Duskin Feldman

    Discussing the book "Whatever happened to the quiz kids" with the author Ruth Duskin Feldman

    Dec. 27, 1982

    Discussing the book "Whatever happened to the quiz kids" with the author Ruth Duskin Feldman.

  • Discussing the book "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: But Don't Have Sex or Take The Car with Dick Moore

    Sep. 24, 1984
  • Discussing the book "This Boy's Life: A Memoir" with author Tobias Wolff

    Feb. 13, 1989

    Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

  • Discussing the book "The Shadow Man: A Daughter's Search for Her Father" with the author Mary Gordon

    May. 22, 1996
  • Discussing the book "The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America From a Small School in Harlem" (published by Beacon Press) with the author and educator Deborah Meier. Program also includes excerpts from WFMT recordings of "Joy Street, Volume 2," and "D

    Apr. 27, 1995
  • Discussing the book "The Liars' Club: A Memoir" with the author Mary Karr

    Jul. 12, 1995
  • Discussing the book "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute To His White Mother" with the author, journalist and composer James McBride

    Jan. 26, 1996
  • Discussing the book "The Character Factory: Baden-Powell and the Origins of the Boy Scout Movement" with the author, Columbia College Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Michael Rosenthal

    Oct. 27, 1986
  • Discussing the book "Previous Convictions: A Journey Through the 1950s" with the author, journalist Nora Sayre

    Oct. 11, 1996
  • Discussing the book "My Neighborhood: The Words and Pictures of Inner-City Children," with Prince Chris Upshaw, Shanda Thedford, and editor Linda Waldman

    Jun. 30, 1993
  • Discussing the book "Keeping Women and Children Last: America's War on the Poor" with the author, sociologist Ruth Sidel

    May. 8, 1996
  • Discussing the book "In the Name of the Family: Rethinking Family Values in the Postmodern Age" with the author, sociologist Judith Stacey

    Aug. 27, 1997
  • Discussing the book "How it feels when a parent dies" with the author Jill Krementz

    Jul. 15, 1981

    Discussing the book "How it feels when a parent dies" with the author Jill Krementz.

  • Discussing the book "Hoop Dreams: A True Story of Hardship and Triumph" with the author Ben Joravsky

    May. 17, 1995
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