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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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California Primary May Sway GOP Presidential Nomination for the First Time in Decades

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With the Republican presidential nominee still far from decided, California's June 7 primary may play a key role for the first time in decades. At play are 172 delegates, the most awarded by any single state. We discuss California's potential sway in the presidential race and a new poll that shows Donald Trump leading among likely Republican primary voters in California.

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Mark Baldassare, CEO, Public Policy Institute of California

Sean Walsh, Republican political consultant, Morgan Lewis Consulting

Harmeet Dhillon, vice-chair, California Republican Party; attorney, Dhillon Law Group Inc.

Thad Kousser, associate professor of political science, University of California San Diego

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