>>> COMING UP, WHAT BETTER TIME TO CURL UP WITH A GOOD BOOK THAN THE DEPTHS OF WINTER?

TWO IDAHO AUTHORS WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR WORKS AND RECOMMEND GOOD READS.

AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, TOO.

"DIALOGUE" IS NEXT.

>> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO "DIALOGUE."

I'M MARCIA FRANKLIN.

AND WELCOME AS WELL TO THOSE OF YOU LISTENING ON PUBLIC RADIO AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB.

NETFLIX, VIDEO GAMES, IPODS, THE INTERNET, TEXTING.

SO MANY WAYS TO OCCUPY ONE'S TIME, SO MUCH INFORMATION SWIRLING AROUND.

BUT FOR SOME FOLKS, INCLUDING ME, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A GOOD BOOK.

TODAY WE'LL TALK WITH TWO OF IDAHO'S BEST AUTHORS AND HEAR ABOUT THEIR NEWEST WORKS, AS WELL AS THE THEMES THAT INSPIRE THEM.

AND ALSO, AS WE HAVE IN YEAR'S PAST, THEY'LL RECOMMEND BOOKS FOR YOU TO READ.

WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

WHAT'S ON YOUR NIGHTSTAND?

GIVE US A CALL AT 1-800-973-9800.

WE'LL PUT YOUR BOOKS, ALONG WITH MY GUESTS' PICKS, ON OUR "DIALOGUE" WEBSITE.

NOW LET ME INTRODUCE MY GUESTS.

JOINING US FROM OUR STUDIO IN MOSCOW, ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO IS KIM BARNES.

SHE'S A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY AND THE AUTHOR OF TWO MEMOIRS ABOUT GROWING UP ALONG THE CLEARWATER RIVER, "IN THE WILDERNESS" AND "HUNGRY FOR THE WORLD", ALONG WITH A NOVEL, "FINDING CARUSO."

"IN THE WILDERNESS" WAS NOMINATED FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE.

BARNES' LATEST WORK IS "A COUNTRY CALLED HOME."

THE NOVEL IS THE WINNER OF THE 2009 PEN CENTER USA LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION.

WELCOME TO DIALOGUE, KIM.

>> IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

AND JOINING ME HERE IN BOISE IS MITCH WIELAND.

MITCH IS A PROFESSOR AT BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY, THE FOUNDING EDITOR OF THE IDAHO REVIEW.

AND THE AUTHOR OF THE NOVEL, "WILLY SLATER'S LANE."

A STORY FROM HIS MOST RECENT NOVEL, "GOD'S DOGS," WAS SELECTED FOR THE ANTHOLOGY, "BEST OF THE WEST 2009."

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> IT'S A PLEASURE, THANK YOU.

AGAIN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE YOUR CHOICE FOR A GOOD READ, GIVE US A CALL AT 1-800-973-9800.

>> FIRST UP TO YOU KIM IN MOSCOW, YOUR BOOK IS FABULOUS, I HAVE READ IT.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TITLE, A COUNTRY CALLED HOME.

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

>> IT'S A STORY ABOUT A COUPLE FROM CONNECTICUT, BACK IN THE 1960s AND THEY COME BACK TO IDAHO TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES.

AND THE MAN SEES HE IS ATTRACTING TO THE LAND BUT THE WOMAN FEELS ISOLATED.

ONE OF MY FRIENDS, JUDY BLOOM, RAISED HER FAMILY IN MONTANA, SHE WITHOUT CHILDREN IT'S SOLITUDE AND ONCE YOU HAVE CHILDREN IT'S ISOLATION.

IT'S HOW SOLITUDE BECOMES ISOLATION, ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG WOMAN AND ITS THEIR QUEST TO FIND PEOPLE AND A SENSE OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> AND YOU HAVE WRITTEN TWO MEMOIRS ABOUT GROWING UP ON THE CLEARWATER RIVER AND YOU DON'T MENTION IT BY NAME BUT IT SEEMS TO BE THE LOCATION.

>> THE CLEARWATER RIVER IS ONE OF MY SACRED PLACES, I WAS RAISED THERE ALL MY LIFE UNTIL I CAME TO MOSCOW IN 2000 AND I STILL GRIEF THE LOSS OF THAT RIVER.

"A COUNTRY CALLED HOME" WAS SET IN LENORE, FROM 1990 TO 2000, WHEN I WAS WRITING THAT BOOK, IT BEGINS, FIRST, THE RIVER, AND I REALIZED FOR ME IT WAS A EULOGY FOR MY LIFE ON THE RIVER.

AND I WAS MESHED IN THAT LANDSCAPE, AND IT'S PART OF MY DNA AND STRUCTURE.

>> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO WRITE FICTION, AFTER WRITING A MEMOIR HOW DOES IT FEEL DIFFERENT OR THE SAME?

>> WHEN I WRITE MEMOIRS I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY.

WITH FICTION YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, IT'S A PROCESS OF DISCOVERY.

SO I OFTEN FEEL OVERWHELMED WITH THE POSSIBILITIES.

I COULD INTRODUCE A PIZZA DELIVERYMAN ON THE DOOR ON CHRISTMAS EVE, IT COULD HAPPEN.

I TELL MY STUDENTS THAT IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN THEIR BOOK, THEY CAN PICK UP A HITCHHIKER.

DISCOVER IN NON-FICTION IS OFTEN WHY, WHY THIS MEMORY, AND WHY DID THIS HAPPEN.

BUT IN FICTION, IT'S THE WHAT.

>> YOU GET IN TROUBLE IN NON-FICTION IF YOU INVENT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE.

MITCH WIELAND YOU INVENTED A THEME NOT TOO DISSIMILAR THAN KIMS.

ABOUT A PERSON THAT CAME OUT TO IDAHO, AND THEN ENCOUNTERS LOSS AND REVELATION.

LETS TALK ABOUT THE TITLE OF YOUR BOOK, IT'S GOD'S DOGS.

>> IT'S THE COYOTE, THE NAVAJO BELIEVED IT WAS ONE OF THE GOD'S DOGS.

IN THE BOOK ITSELF, COYOTES FEATURE PRETTY PROMINENTLY.

>> BUT THE HOWL ITSELF, AND THE SOUND, IS A THEME THROUGHOUT, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

>> I THINK THAT CAME FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCES.

THE BOOK IS SET IN AWIHE, BUT IT'S SET ON A FARM, AND WE MOVED OFF A MAIN HIGHWAY, AND WE HAD NO NEIGHBORS WHATSOEVER AND EVERY NIGHT I WOULD HEAR A COYOTE HOWL AND IT BECAME PART OF MY LIFE.

WE WOULD GO TO FEED THE HORSES -- >> AND IT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR YOUR CHARACTER?

>> YES, IT TOOK ON SIGNIFICANCE, MY CHARACTER IS A RETIRED OHIO TEACHER.

AND HE LEAVES HIS JOB A HE IS DIVORCED AND DECIDES HE WANTS TO BE ALONE AND BUYS SCRUB LAND AND BUILDS A CABIN AND DECIDES SOLITUDE IS WHAT HE IS AFTER AND I DISCOVERED MYSELF, HE BEGINS TO HEAR THE COYOTES AROUND THEM.

THERE ARE 12 DIFFERENT VOCAL VOCALIZATIONS THAT THEY DO.

THE YAPS AND THE BARKS.

IT BECOME A SPECIAL OMEN FOR HIM AND HE FEELS BETTER.

MORE COMPLETE.

>> AND NOTICE THAT BOTH OF YOUR BOOKS AND IT'S IN YOUR TITLE KIM, IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT IS HOME.

AND WHERE DO WE FIND HOME.

IS IT WITHIN EACH ONE OF US OR A PLACE?

>> IS THAT SAY FAIR ASSESSMENT?

>> SURE, AND WHAT INTERESTED ME TOO, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN IDAHO, MY FATHER WAS A LOGGER AND I WAS RAISED IN THE CLEARWATER NATIONAL FOREST, SO I BELONGED TO THE LANDSCAPE.

I COULD GO TO A POST OFFICE WITHIN 100 MILES, THAT WOULDE SOMEONE THAT WORKED FOR MY GREAT UNCLE AND I AM IMMEDIATELY PART OF THE PLACE AND THEY RECOGNIZED ME.

BUT THE NEWCOMERS TO THE WEST, NOT FROM THIS PLACE.

AND HOW DID THEY FIND A PLACE OF COMMUNITY.

WHAT IS THEIR STORY?

AND I ONCE HAD A FRIEND, DEBORAH EARLING, SHE ONCE SAID, THE THING IS, THERE IS NO STORY WITHOUT LOSS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE STORY OF THE WEST.

WE HAVE LOST SO MUCH.

BUT WHEN NEW PEOPLE COME IN FROM OUTSIDE, THEIR NARRATIVES HAVEN'T YET BLENDED WITH THE NARRATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND ONE THING MY BOOK EXPLORES IS HOW YOUR NARRATIVE, THE STORY OF WHO YOU ARE, REQUIRES A SENSE OF LOSS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ALLOW YOU TO BLEND IN.

THERE HAS TO BE MOVEMENT IN YOUR NARRATIVE.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE HEART BREAKING TRUTHS IN MY BOOK, "A COUNTRY CALLED HOME".

>> AND A BEAUTIFUL BOOK.

AND MITCH, YOURS AS WELL INCLUDES LOSS, TREMENDOUS LOSS.

>> THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DEATH IN THE LATTER PART OF THE BOOK.

>> DO YOU AGREE WITH KIM?

>> YES, SHE IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY.

MY CHARACTER IS AN OUTSIDER WITH RECLUSIVE NEIGHBORS.

>> WE'LL REMIND PEOPLE OF THESE BOOKS.

"GOD'S DOGS" AND "A COUNTRY CALLED HOME" AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO SOME OF YOUR PICKS.

SPEAKING OF LOSS, WE HAD TREMENDOUS LOSS IN HAITI.

AND WE WANTED TO RECOMMEND SOME BOOKS IN THAT AREA.

THERE ARE SOME WONDERFUL HAITIAN AUTHORS.

>> YOU WANT TO RECOMMEND "ALL SOULS RISI" FROM MADISON SMARTT BELL.

>> HE HAS WRITTEN A TRILOGY OF NOVELS.

IT'S SET IN 1791 AT THE START OF THE REVOLT AND IT'S A FANTASTIC EPIC.

AN OLD FASHIONED READ IN ITS SCOPE AND REACH.

IT'S A TREMENDOUS BOOK.

IT CENTERS ON THE SECOND GENERATION AFRICAN SLAVE.

A GENTLEMEN NAMED LOU LATOUR.

HE LEADS A REVOLT AGAINST THE LAND OWNERS.

AND I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN IT WAS THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL SLAVE UPRISING IN HISTORY.

>> AND KIM YOUOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND SOME BOOKS BY A WELL KNOWN HAITIAN WRITER, EDWIDGE DANTICAT.

BREATH EYES AND MEMORY, AND KRIK KRAK.

>> THEY IS BEING CALLED UPON A GREAT DEAL TO BE ONE OF THE VOICES TO SPEAK UP AND OUT FOR THE HAITIAN PEOPLE.

I THINK SHE LEFT HAITI WHEN SHE WAS 4.

>> SHE WENT TO BARNARDS AND SHE LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES BUT IS CONSIDERED A VOICE OF THE HAITIAN PEOPLE.

>> BOTH OF THESE WRITERS, MADISON SMARTT BELL AND EDWIDGE DANTICAT, HAVE COMPLIED BOOKS ABOUT HAITI, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT IDAHOPTV.ORG AND CLICK ON "DIALOGUE," AND YOU'LL FIND THESE BOOKS ABOUT HAITI.

AND MITCH, YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND A BOOK BY AN IDAHO AUTHORS, "THEN CAME THE EVENING".

>> YES, BRIAN HART IS THE AUTHOR AND HE WENT TO SCHOOL IN TEXAS AND IT'S SET UP NEAR KIM'S NECK OF THE WOODS IN LEWISSTON.

AND IT'S A POWERFUL STRONG BOOK.

HE HAS BEEN COMPARED RECENTLY TO CORMACK McCARTHY.

>> AND KIM, YOU HAVE A BOOK WRITTEN BY ANOTHER IDAHOAN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND.

THIS IS EXCITING.

>> YES, BRANDON SCHRAND'S MEMOIR MEMOIR, "ENDERS HOTEL" HIS FAMILY RAN THIS GRAND OLD HOTEL AND THEY TOOK IN ANY NUMBER OF CHARACTERS THAT CAME THROUGH.

SOMETIMES, ONE OF THE IMAGES I'LL NEVER FORGET IN BRANDON'S BOOK AND HE GREW UP IN THIS HOTEL, SO HE HAS WONDERFUL IMAGES OF HIS BEDROOM BEING UNDERNEATH THE CHANDELIER IN THESE ROOMS AND THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN AND OUT AND A LOT OF THEM WERE DOWN AND OUTERS AND HIS FAMILY WOULD TAKE THEM IN AND THEY HAD NO MONEY AND THE FAMILY SAID THEY WOULD TAKE YOUR SUITCASE AND PUT IT IN HOCK AND SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE LEFT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PAY AND THEY WOULDN'T TAKE THEIR SUITCASES BACK AND ONE IMAGE IS BRANDON AS A BOY OPENING THIS DOOR TO THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES, THE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS AND THINGS THAT THEY LEFT THERE.

IT'S A STORY OF SEARCHING FOR YOUR MASCULINE.

AND IT'S AN AMAZING MEMOIR.

>> AGAIN, THAT IS "ENDERS HOTEL" AND THEY ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND MITCH YOU WANTED TO RECOMMEND ANOTHER ONE BY LEE K. ABBOTT, CALLED "ALL THINGS, ALL AT ONCE".

>> HE IS A MASTER OF THE SHORT STORY FORM AND A DISTINCTIVE VOICE, A HIGHLY ORIGINAL AND COMEDIC, FEVERISH VOICE.

>> AND IS HE COMING TO BOISE STATE?

>> YES, HE IS COMING APRIL 28th, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND SEE HIM.

>> LETS TAKE SOME CALLS NOW.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECOMMEND?

>> Caller: I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND MY SON'S BOOK, IT'S CALLED "THE YEAR OF THE HORSE" AND THIS IS HIS SECOND BOOK AND IT'S A STORY OF A YOUNG CHINESE BOY WHO GETS CAUGHT UP IN WITH A GROUP OF MEN THAT ARE GOING WEST AND ACTUALLY INTO IDAHO TO LOOK FOR A STOLEN GOLD MINE, AND IT'S CENTERED AROUND SILVER CITY AND IT HAS A LOT OF OUR FAMILY NAMES IN IT, AND IT'S REALLY UNUSUAL TO READ A BOOK WHERE YOU KNOW THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK.

>> CARLINE, TELL US YOUR SON'S NAME.

>> JUSTIN ALLEN.

>> OKAY, "YEAR OF THE HORSE" BY JUSTIN ALLEN.

>> A PHILOSOPHY STUDENT OF MINE.

HE WENT ON TO COLUMBIA.

>> WE HAVE MORE RECOMMENDATIONS OFF OF OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

THAT IS FASCINATING.

AND I LOVE THAT.

CHAD WANTS TO RECOMMEND "THE ROAD" BY CORMACK McCARTHY.

>> HE IS A FANTASTIC WRITER.

I AGREE.

>> AND COURTNEY WANTED TO RECOMMEND A BOOK BY, ABOUT BARRY GOLDSTEIN.

>> AND ANOTHER IS FROM AMY, "A SWEET WILD DANCE" THESE BOOKS WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE ALONG WITH MITCH AND KIM'S PICKS.

>> LETS GO BACK TO YOU KIM, YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND A BOOK CALLED, "THE TICKING IS THE BOMB" IT LOOKS FASCINATING, A BOOK ABOUT ABU GHRAIB.

>> THIS IS NICK FLYNN, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING WRITERS OF NON-FICTION MEMOIR.

HIS FIRST BOOK WAS INCREDIBLY WELL RECEIVED.

IT WAS A FASCINATING MEMOIR OF HIS QUEST FOR TRUTH AND IDENTITY OF A FAMILY WHOSE FAMILY COULD NOT REALLY BE NAILED DOWN AND I RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY.

IT'S CALLED "ANOTHER KNIGHT IN THE CITY".

>> AND IN THIS BOOK HE WINDS HIS OWN LIFE IN THE MEETINGS AND IT'S ABOUT ABU GHRAIB.

>> HE IS HAVING HIS FIRST CHILD AND WHAT HE DOES THAT IS SO BRILLIANT AND I AM SO EXCITED TO CONTINUE READING ABOUT IT, IS TO WEAVE IN THE EMOTIONS HE FEELS OF BRINGING A NEW LIFE INTO A WORLD THAT IS IN AND OF ITSELF TORTURED AT TIMES.

AND HIS INCREASING FASCINATION OF THIS THING THAT HAPPEN IN THE ABU GHRAIB AND HE TRAVELS TO INTERVIEW SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE TORTURED.

>> EVERY TIME I DO THIS PROGRAM, MY READING LIST GETS LONGER.

MITCH, YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND A BOOK CALLED "GHOSTS OF WYOMING".

>> IT'S BY ALYSON HAGY AND IT WILL BE OUT IN TWO WEEKS.

IT'S A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES SET IN WYOMING AND SPANNING THE 1800s THROUGH CONTEMPORARY TIMES.

AND THERE WAS EIGHT STORIES AND I PUBLISHED THREE OF THEM IN THE IDAHO REVIEW AND THEY ARE SO DIFFERENT I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE FROM THE SAME COLLECTION.

>> AND THE FIRST ONE WAS "THE FIRST LIFE OF THE TRAIN MAN" ABOUT LAYING TRACKS IN THE WYOMING TERRITORIES AND THERE WAS ANOTHER STORY WE DID IN THE REVIEW INVOLVING WORKERS IN THE OIL FIELDS AND GAS FIELDS AROUND WYOMING.

>> I LOVE SHORT STORIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE ON A PLANE OR IF YOU WANT TO READ SOMETHING BEFORE YOU GO TO BED AND YOU WANT TO FINISH IT.

I LIKE YOUR BOOK, BECAUSE IT'S A NOVEL, BUT SHORT STORIES ALL PUT TOGETHER.

>> I LOVE THEM.

LETS TAKE A CALL FROM ROBERT IN BOISE.

>> Caller: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.

I HAVE THREE BOOKS.

>> CAN YOU NARROW IT DOWN TO ONE.

>>.

>> Caller: I CAN IF YOU WISH.

I LIKE LONE STAR RISING.

IT'S BY ELMER KILLTON.

AND IT'S ABOUT A TEXAS RANGERS AND IT INCLUDES IDAHO AND THEN I HAVE TWO MORE BOOKS ABOUT IDAHO, ONE CALLED "THE BIG SKY".

>> A CLASSIC.

>> THAT IS THE WINTER OF THE -- AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER ONE, "THE LONG STRIDE HOME" BY W. MICHAEL GEAR.

THAT IS ABOUT IDAHO.

>> THANK YOU, ROBERT.

YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY AN AVID READER BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T NARROW IT DOWN TO ONE.

>> HE WAS RECOMMENDED "LONE STAR RISING" AND THE LONG RIDE HOME AND SINCE I MENTIONED TEXAS, LETS SKIP AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT A BOOK YOU RECOMMEND, CALLED "TEHANO."

>> IT WAS BY ALLEN WEIR.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS I THOUGHT OF.

IT TOOK ALLEN EIGHT YEARS TO WRITE THIS WESTERN.

IT STARTS -- AND ENDED IN THE CIVIL WARS AND IT'S ABOUT GIDAN JONES AND IT'S CHARLES DICKENS MEETS THE JONES.

IT'S SO COMPLETE IN ITS DETAIL AND A WONDERFUL READ.

>> KIM, I AM GOING TO SKIP AHEAD A LITTLE BIT TO A BOOK YOU RECOMMENDED CALLED "IN THE LAND OF INVISIBLE WOMEN" THIS LETS US TALK ABOUT WHAT IS COMING UP IN YOUR BOOK IN WRITING?

>> SURE, I WANT TO RECOMMEND THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT'S A MEMOIR THAT IS VERY CONTEMPORARCONTEMPORARY, AND CURRENT ABOUT A FEMALE DOCTOR EDUCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AND SHE IS A SPECIALIST IN A FEW AREAS AND SHE HAS TO STEP OUT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND SHE GOES TO SAUDI ARABIA, AND SHE IS A MUSLIM, BUT HAS NOT BEEN A SERIOUS PRACTITIONER OF HER FAITH.

BUT SHE GOES TO SAUDI ARABIA AND IS PUT IN THIS HOSPITAL IN WHICH SHE MUST NOT ONLY FACE ISSUES HAVING TO DO WITH HER FAITH AND RESOLVE HERSELF TO HER FAITH, WHICH IS A STORY INTO ITSELF AND PART OF THE JOURNEY OF THIS BOOK BUT THE MULTIFACETTED FACE OF THE CONTEMPORARY SAUDI ARABIA.

SO THE MOST ARRESTING IMAGE IS THE ONE THAT OPENS THE BOOK.

THE AUTHOR IS A GORGEOUS, MODERN WOMAN AND SHE HAS TO COVER HERSELF WHEN SHE GOES.

THERE IS A WOMAN ON THE OPERATING TABLE AND SHE HAS HER FACE COVERED.

AND THE TUBED ARE UNDER THE COVER AND SHE CANNOT BE SEEN.

>> KIM, UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME BUT YOUR NEXT BOOK, "AMERICAN MECCA" IS ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA.

>> IT'S SET IN 1967, SAUDI ARABIA, IN THE AMERICAN OIL COMPANY AND IT'S A STORY OF A YOUNG COUPLE THAT COME TO ARABIA TO WORK FOR THE OIL COMPANY TO MAKE A LIFE FOR THEMSELVES.

>> I AM EXCITED TO READ THAT BOOK AND MITCH YOU HAVE A BOOK AS WELL, ABOUT CULTURAL DIFFERENCES.

>> IT'S SET IN JAPAN AND IT'S ABOUT A FAMILY FROM IDAHO, A COUPLE AND THEIR TEENAGE SONS AND THEY MOVE TO IDAHO WHEN THE PARENTS LOSE THEIR JOBS AND THEY ORIGINALLY GO TO TOKYO TO SEEK A BETTER LIFE AND FIND OUT THAT THE EXPERIENCE CHANGES THEM.

>> YOU LIVED IN JAPAN?

>> YES, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

>> GO AHEAD CALLER.

>> Caller: I AM 15 AND WOULD LIKE TO BECOME AN AUTHOR?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

KIM, WHAT ADVICE TO YOU HAVE FOR A 15-YEAR-OLD THAT WANTS TO BECOME AN AUTHOR.

>> BE TRUE AND SIT DOWN AND WRITE.

>> READ AS MUCH AS YOU CAN BECAUSE THAT FEEDS INTO YOUR WRITING.

>> AND FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GO ON AND GET AN MSA AND ARE AFRAID OF NOT FINDING A JOB.

KIM, YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO?

>> IT IS A GOOD THING TO DO.

THE EMPLOYMENT RATE FOR PEOPLE HOLDING AN MSA IS 100%.

WE ARE NOT SAYING WHAT THEY ARE DOING BUT I THINK IT ALLOWS YOU TO GO INTO ANY GROUP.

>> YOU SAID BEFORE THE PROGRAM THAT THAT COULD BE THE NEW MBA.

>> THAT IS WHAT IS OUT RIGHT NOW.

WHAT WE HAVE IN AMERICA THAT CAN'T BE EXPORTED SO EASILY IS OUR CREATIVITY.

>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR WORK WITH US AND ALSO YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOLKS IF YOU ARE STILL ON THE LINE, WE'LL GET YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON OUR WEB EXTRA.