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Poet Doc Patrick Clary, Dying For Beginners. At the heart of this poetry by Patrick Clary are often tough and sometimes terrible details, generated out of an intensely lived, closely observed life as an unarmed medic in platoons patrolling the jungles of Vietnam, an intern in the hospital emergency rooms of New York City, and a nationally recognized Poet-Doctor ministering tothe spiritual and bodily pains of theterminally ill in New Hampshire. His first book of poetry, Notes from a Loveletter, was published under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Twesigye Jackson Kaguri blazes new trail in education for 'poorest of the poor' in Nyaka, Uganda. A native of Uganda and now Interim Senior Director for External Relations and Development College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University, Twesigye Jackson Kaguri offers his inspirational success story of educating the 'poorest of the poor' in his hometown of Nyaka, Uganda.

Julie Powell can't take the heat, wants out of the kitchen for a while. Julie Powell, bestselling author of 'Julie and Julia,' comes out of the kitchen to talk about her memoirs and experiences with Hollywood at the 2010 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting.

Lily Renee enjoys the spotlight as the first woman in comic art. Lily Renee tells the story of how she broke the gender barrier in the 1940's to become the first woman in the world of comic artists.

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