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This week, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the popular Israeli novelist, children's book author, and political commentator, Meir Shalev. His book, A Pigeon and a Boy, is a bestseller in America and a prize-winner in Israel. A Pigeon and a Boy is published by Schocken Books.

Part I: From England, Caryl Phillips. After his Booker short-listed novel about slavery and racism, Crossing the River, he has a new book about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism called The Nature of Blood. Part II: Popular fiction writer Alice Adams talks about love, doctors, and growing up in the South.

WRITING A NATION - ISRAEL AT 50 - Episode 5 of a 5-part series on the Authors of Israel, as that country celebrates its 50th anniversary. Part I: Eleanor Wachtel interviews the provocative mystery writer Batya Gur, a woman a woman who investigates Israel's closed societies.; Part II: Interview with the dynamic young cultural critic Gadi Taub.