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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.

Maureen McLane reveals her free-ranging poetic vision in her National Book Award Finalist, This Blue. 2014 National Book Award Finalist in Poetry and 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist in Autobiography Maureen McClane reads and talks about six poems from her NBA Finalist, This Blue.

Manuel Villacorta serves up Peruvian power foods rich in anti-aging, high nutritional value. Peruvian-born, award-winning, registered dietitian, and bestselling author Manuel Villacorta describes his food journey from Peru to the U.S. and back to the farms and open markets of Lima and Cusco to find power foods with high nutritional value.

Cory Doctorow weighs-in on utopia, gamers and gaming, digital rights and sci-fi meaning in real life. Canadian-born blogger, journalist, common copyright activist, and award-winning science fiction author Cory Doctorow introduces his new graphic sci-fi novel, In Real Life, and weighs in on everything from gut flora to gold farming games and the internet.

Mary Pearson wraps up her bestselling Jenna Fox Chronicles with Fox Forever. Bestselling author Mary Pearson autographs the second book in her Fox Chronicles trilogy at BEA 2011.