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Best of Authors Week, Part 1

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All week long Dee Perry and Dan Polletta spotlight some of their favorite author interviews from recent years. Today Karl Marlantes, “Matterhorn”, Gary Shteyngart, “Super Sad True Love Story,” &
Adam Gopnik, “Paris to the Moon.”

Monday, August 1

Karl Marlantes, “Matterhorn”

Gary Shteyngart, “Super Sad True Love Story”

Adam Gopnik, “Paris to the Moon”

Tuesday, August 2

Chuck Klosterman, “Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto”

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, “On the Shoulders of Giants”

Sapphire, “Push”

Wednesday, August 3

Mary Doria Russell, “Doc”

Donald Ray Pollock, “Knockemstiff”

Lynne Truss, “Eats, Shoots and Leaves”

Thursday, August 4

Carlotta Walls LaNier, “A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School”

Neil Gaiman, “The Graveyard Book”

Art Spiegelman, “Maus”

Friday, August 5

Elmore Leonard

Dave DeOreo is coordinating producer for Ideastream Public Media’s arts and culture team.