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Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven

Host Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss Karen Salyer McElmurray's first novel, an intense and gloomy multigenerational tale set in the hills around Inez. A 2005 KET production.
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A Taste of the Sweet Apple
S7 E9 Length 26:29 Premiere Date 09/06/05

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The Memory Keeper's Daughter - S8 E1

Premiered On: 01/07/2006

Host Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss Kim Edwards' debut novel about fraternal twins - a healthy boy and a girl with Down syndrome. A 2006 KET production.

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On the Right Side of a Dream - S8 E2

Premiered On: 02/11/2006

Host Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss Sheila Williams' entertaining sequel to "Dancing on the Edge of the Roof." A 2006 KET production.

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Deaf Hearing Boy: A Memoir - S8 E3

Premiered On: 03/25/2006

Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss R.H. Miller's memoir of his childhood and adolescence as the oldest of four hearing boys born to deaf parents. A 2006 KET production.

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A Garden in Kentucky/A Simple Human Motion - S8 E4

Premiered On: 04/15/2006

Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss poetry by Jane Gentry and Jeff Worley. A 2006 KET production.

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Lonesome Road - S8 E5

Premiered On: 05/13/2006

Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss Martha Bennett Stiles' novel about a mother whose child has been kidnapped. A 2006 KET production taped before a live audience at the London branch of the Laurel County Public Library.

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A Parchment of Leaves - S6 E11

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Dancing on the Edge of the Roof - S6 E10

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Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey - S6 E9

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How She Knows What She Knows About Yo-Yos - S6 E8

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