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Learning About Life, Baking Bread

Commentator Marion Winik has discovered that baking bread reveals the secrets of life, such as the importance of staying home. She says you would be amazed at the wonderful things that happen when you stick around the house for five or six hours.

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Longtime All Things Considered commentator (1991-2006) Marion Winik returns to radio to discuss her lifelong obsession: reading. She reviews books for Newsday, People, Kirkus Review, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and other venues; she is also a board member of the National Book Critics Circle. She is the author of nine books, is on the faculty of the MFA program at the University of Baltimore, and writes a monthly column for Baltimore Fishbowl. Each week, she shares her trademark humor and thoughtful insights with WYPR listeners. Visit marionwinik.com for more information.
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