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Many coastal residents are fighting for their economic survival -- and expect BP to keep them afloat. For three months, BP has been promising to make "whole" anyone who has lost income because of the oil spill. Last week, BP announced an expedited process, but claimants say it's anything but quick.

In The Entertainer, Margaret Talbot chronicles her family history and the rise of popular American entertainment. Her father, actor Lyle Talbot, "loved to work," the author says. "He was somebody who felt very lucky that he was able to make a living doing what he loved in a creative field."

Airs Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Monday, May 11, 2009 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

The confounding title of the self-referential novel Percival Everett by Virgil Russell signals its method, which seeks to erase lines between author and subject, reality and fiction. For Alan Cheuse, Percival Everett's (or is that Percival Everett's?) postmodern mind games spoil what might have been a fine novel.

Airs Thursdays, February 7-28 & March 28 - April 18, 2013 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

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A prominent Republican consultant in San Diego has joined Democrat Bob Filner’s campaign for mayor. Meanwhile, Republican candidate Carl DeMaio has hired a Democrat. KPBS looks at what’s behind the cross party hiring.

In her new story collection, This Close, Jessica Francis Kane depicts a group of women who are worn down, overwhelmed by love and loss, yet familiar as old friends. Reviewer Jane Ciabattari says they are "our family, our friends and neighbors. They are us, at our most vulnerable."