Poetic Dissent & “Winter’s Bone”
An Egyptian poet tells Kurt about the precarious position of artists in his embattled country. Debra Granik, director of the Oscar-nominated “Winter’s Bone,” discusses setting a film in the impoverished Ozark Mountains. And we begin a journey across America, following in John Steinbeck’s footsteps.
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