Author Investigates Real-Life Inspiration for Fictional Charlie Chan The fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was the subject of popular books and movies for many decades. In recent years, however, the character has been criticized as a...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study suggests that the brain is even more complex than scientists have recognized A new study of the brain is helping scientists better understand how humans process language. The study is being d...
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As a young man in Wisconsin, Jim Krawczyk's favorite writer was J.D. Salinger. And in the late 1960s, Krawczyk decided to go on a roadtrip to meet his hero in Cornish, the small New Hampshire town that the celebrated recluse calls home. Time now for...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 19 November 2007 The current strike by Hollywood writers highlights the role of the screenplay as the foundation of a movie. Movies tell a story, and Blake Snyder, the author of books on screenwriting, says they often t...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 09 May 2007 Lisa Dunn-Dern, author The books of children's author Lisa Dunn-Dern portray an interracial family like her own. Her second book has just been released, and as Mike O'Sullivan reports, the author is expandin...
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 20 April 2007 In 1998, screenwriter Lawrence Wright had no idea that his movie The Siege would touch on the frayed nerves of Americans three years later in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But it is the research...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 22 March 2007 A U.S. Senate committee has followed the lead of its counterpart in the House of Representatives and authorized subpoenas to compel White House aides to testify in public and under oath about the dismissals...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 04 January 2006 A new novel called "The Karasik Conspiracy" describes a fictional terrorist plot aimed at the pharmaceutical industry. It is a tale of international intr...
Where there is so much 1) racket, there must be something 2) out of kilter. I think that between the Negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in...