Lisa See discusses her brilliant history of her Chinese family in America, On Gold Mountain.
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Lisa See discusses her brilliant history of her Chinese family in America, On Gold Mountain.
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One of my favorite writers Marc Eliot returns to talk about his biography of Steve McQueen.
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Film historian James Neibaur reviews the birth of the Little Tramp in Early Charlie Chaplin.
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James Kaplan returns to talk Sinatra, and he does it my way. That’s life!
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Thad Nodine discusses his acclaimed fiction debut Touch and Go
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Tom Santopietro returns to discuss his latest book The Godfather Effect
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James Curtis, biographer of W.C. Fields and Preston Sturges, turns his considerably talent loose on Spencer Tracy, arguably the finest film actor of his age. The result is the most in depth biography ever written of a film actor. We discuss!
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Stephen Michael Shearer returns to discuss his great biography of actress Patricia Neal.
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Kim Darby , star of the original True Grit as well as countless classic TV shows including Star Trek, is my guest!
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Susan Orlean discusses her book Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend.
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