Each week, celebrated host Bob Edwards talks with the most fascinating entertainers, newsmakers, writers, and regular folks who have a story to tell.
Allende returns to the world of historical fiction with "Island Beneath the Sea," the story of a slave girl in 19th Century Haiti.
"Newsweek" columnist Ellis Cose documents how Rwandan survivors have dedicated their lives to helping themselves and their nation.
The author of "The House on Mango Street" talks about her seminal work, one of the most beloved and critically acclaimed books of the 20th century.
Elaine Showalter's latest book covers famous and obscure authors from 1650 to 2000 -- in this interview, she talks about the history of American women writers.
Inadequate sanitation kills more people in developing nations than AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria.
The Family Medical Leave Act protects the rights of workers, but many opt not to take it because they cannot afford to.
In her best-seller "Reading Lolita in Tehran," Azar Nafisi wrote about the lives of women in Iran; now she tells her own life story.
Writer and book critic Jay Parini scanned American bookshelves and identified the seminal works in the birth and growth of the nation.
Ron Howard's latest film chronicles the interviews between British tv host David Frost and President Richard Nixon.
Kate DiCamillo, who has written four young adult novels which have received some of the genre's most prestigious honors, talks about "The Tale of Despereaux."
The Nobel prize-winning author talks about her new book, "A Mercy," a prequel to "Beloved," which many say is the single best work of fiction in the last 25 years.