E-mail a friendNovember 28, 2007
Human Rights Watch associate director Carroll Bogert discusses the impact of cluster munitions. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt says he sees himself as a spiritual religious atheist.
Carroll Bogert
Carroll Bogert
Carroll Bogert is associate director of Human Rights Watch. She previously spent more than a decade in international news reporting, covering a broad array of topics for Newsweek, in China, Southeast Asia and the Soviet Union, where she was Moscow bureau chief. Bogert frequently publishes on op-ed pages, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and The New Republic. Her commentaries have also aired on NPR. A native of Chicago, Bogert holds a B.A. and M.A. from Harvard University.
Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt
In his 60s, after teaching creative writing in various New York City public schools for some 30 years, Frank McCourt became a successful author. His debut work, the highly acclaimed memoir, Angela's Ashes, won several major book awards including the Pulitzer Prize for biography. Called one of the master storytellers of American literature, McCourt has published a number of other books documenting his life. His latest is a Christmas story about Angela as a child, Angela and the Baby Jesus.