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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.

Azar Nafisi cites books of humanities and science as bedrock of democracy and freedom. Bestselling author, Iranian born Azar Nafisi tells why she became an American citizen and what it means to her in her new book 'The Republic of Imagination.'

Barry Estabrook uncovers some rotten tomatoes in Tomatoland. Award-winning activist food writer and author Barry Estabrook decries tomato growing and harvesting processes in Florida.

Jules Feiffer, Farel Dalrymple, Raina Telgemeier, and Michael Cho reveal their secrets to success. Pulitzer-Prize and Oscar-winning cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter Jules Feiffer leads three of today's emerging cartoon/graphic novel artists/writers in a discussion of the past, present and future of the exploding medium.

Alice Hoffman meets fans and autographs 'The Dovekeepers'. Bestselling author Alice Hoffman talks with fans as she autographs her most recent novel, 'The Dovekeepers' at BookExpo America 2011.