By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 July 2006 Writer Amanda Roraback says Americans want to know more about places in the news, such as Muslim countries. Her book series called Nutshell Notes helps readers learn about those regions. --------- Amanda R...
Section 19 Famous Writers 1Most countries produce a few famous writers. 2Which writers can you think of from your country? 3How many writers do you know from other countries? 4How many are 20th centur...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 01 February 2006 A movie to be released later this year will highlight an unsolved murder that horrified Los Angeles nearly 60 years ago. Numerous books have also examin...
ghost writer spooky 大家都知道作家就是写书的人。作家在英文里就是writer。那么你知道什么是ghost writer吗？ Ghost就是"鬼"。Ghost writer，难道鬼还能当作家？你...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Writer Willa Cather Celebrated Europeans Who Settled in the American Midwest By Richard Thorman Broadcast: Sunday, October 09, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE T...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Writer Dorothy West: Last Living Member of the Harlem Renaissance By Doreen Baingana Broadcast: Sunday, September 11, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Great Writers: Flannery O'Connor Told of Small-Town Life in the South By Richard Thorman Broadcast: Sunday, July 10, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'...
THIS IS AMERICA - Writers and the Immigrant Experience: Middle East, Europe and Africa By Doreen Baingana Broadcast: Monday, January 17, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Spec...
THIS IS AMERICA - Asian-American Writers By Doreen Baingana Broadcast: Monday, January 05, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: The United States is made up mostly of people whose ancestors came from other contine...
Nineteenth-century life had dealt the ten-year-old London 1) lad a bad hand. While his father 2) languished in debtor’s jail, painful 3) pangs of hunger 4) gnawed at his stomach. To feed himself, th...
