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From three-time Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown comes the story of Leo and Lucille Frank,

a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in Georgia. When Leo is accused of an

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The riveting and gloriously hopeful parade plays the Orpheum Theater for three weeks only, May 20th through June 8th.

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From KQED.

From KQED in San Francisco. Coming up on Kim. Coming up on forum, we'll listen back to my conversation

with acclaimed author Pico Iyer last month about how stillness can inspire strength, peace,

and action when the world feels up in flames. After his California home burned in a wildfire,

Iyer retreated to a remote monastery in Big Sur.

There, he discovered the power of solitude and stillness to help process loss and cope with uncertainty.

Iyer's new book is called A Flame. Join us after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.

Pico Ayer may be best known for globe-trotting books like Video Night in Kathmandu and the Global Soul,

but in recent years, his work has focused more on the joys and power of solitude and silence. His new book,

A Flame, is tragically timely as it comes out amid the destruction and loss of life of the L.A. wildfires.

Iyer lost his home in Santa Barbara in a previous wildfire, and a flame is about how he found peace

in a Big Sur monastery after the experience. He joins us now to talk about what he finds in the

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