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Novelist and shortstory writer; Professor of English at the University of Washington
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David Shields
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FROM David Shields
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
'War Is Beautiful' War photography — often artful and beautiful — can glamorize conflict. Our guest has reviewed thousands of war photographs that ran on the front page of the New York Times since 2001, when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan.
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The Business
Nadine Labaki on her Oscar-shortlisted film ‘Capernaum’ Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki cast street children as the stars of ‘Capernaum,’ her gritty tale of 12-year-old Zain, who runs away from home and ultimately sues his parents for condemning him to a life of poverty and desperation.
Bookworm
Deborah Eisenberg: Your Duck Is My Duck: Stories Again Deborah Eisenberg demonstrates herself as a masterful and electric writer, in her new collection of seven stories, Your Duck Is My Duck.
Film Reviews
Glass It’s a sort of a climax to a kind of a trilogy that began at the turn of the century with “Unbreakable” and includes “Split,” which was released in 2016.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How the teachers strike affects low-income minority students Negotiations are back on between the teachers and LAUSD. We look at what they should be talking about with an education consultant who’s seen both sides. Also, what happened at two Central LA school where teachers met with parents?