Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Social critic and author William Volllmann traveled the world asking one question of the people he met who lived in poverty: Why are you poor? Some of the answers he received were expected, others were not. In the end, Vollmann doesn’t pass judgment but passes on what he discovered.
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- William Vollmann Journalist and author of the 2005 National Book Award winning novel, "Europe Central."
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