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RSS Feed 21 February 2009 Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960: A Storyteller About African-American Life in the South Hurston’s books were about faith, love, family, slavery, race and community. Transcript of radio broadcast: link VOICE ONE: I'm Mary Tillotson....

link VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about writer Langston Hughes, who has been called the poet voice of African-Americans. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Langston...

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by Susan Minot I hear them behind me crossing Persian rugs on heel-less shoes, drinking Dubonnet, eating nuts (from the pantry the smell of stew), talking about naval battles and varsity crew, their voices raspy with cigars in underheated rooms. Someone...

Icebreaker: Julie Feeney Irish folk musician Julie Feeney waits until the last minute to give us a joke for this week's show. Small Talk: Reihan Salam It's hard to believe that members of the Church of Sweden find it so hard to believe in Jesus ... but...

Mary Mallon in hospital bed In 1906, a rich family vacationing in Oyster Bay, NY started to get sick. Very sick. It turns out they'd come down with typhoid, a disease forever associated with one woman: Typhoid Mary. You think you know this story, and...