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Amor Towles Shares His Odysseys, Both Literary and Literal

California – and specifically Lincoln Park in San Francisco – is at least in theory the ultimate destination for the band of travelers and seekers that populate Amor Towles’s latest novel “The Lincoln Highway.” But their journey becomes defined by detours, reversals and recalibrations – in much the same way that Towles describes how he composes his novels. “While I’m writing chapters,” he says, “I’m also adapting to surprises that surface from the work.” We’ll talk to Towles about the themes that unite his novels and his own odyssey as a writer. see more
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Amor Towles Shares His Odysseys, Both Literary and Literal

California – and specifically Lincoln Park in San Francisco – is at least in theory the ultimate destination for the band of travelers and seekers that populate Amor Towles’s latest novel “The Lincoln Highway.” But their journey becomes defined by detours, reversals and recalibrations – in much the same way that Towles describes how he composes his novels. “While I’m writing chapters,” he says, “I’m also adapting to surprises that surface from the work.” We’ll talk to Towles about the themes that unite his novels and his own odyssey as a writer. see more
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Find a Solution and the MacArthur Foundation May Give You $100 Million to Fund It

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The MacArthur Foundation is famous for its "genius" awards, which grant no-strings-attached gifts of $625,000 to people who display exceptional talent and innovation in their work. Now, the foundation is looking to make an even bigger impact in the world. They're offering to put $100 million behind a single big idea that can solve a major social problem. Forum talks with Cecilia Condrad, managing director with the MacArthur Foundation, about the group's 100&Change initiative.

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Cecilia Conrad, managing director, MacArthur Foundation

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