Inside The Romance Industry

Writer Tamsyn Muir spent her childhood craving a world that she could not find on earth.

Vauhini Vara lost her sister when she was in college.

Alex Blumberg takes us to an American classroom where students are reading a classic, The Education of Little Tree, by Forrest Carter.

Robin Epstein talks about her old job, as producer and chief question writer on a game show for teen-age girls called Plugged In. It was one of the first shows to air on the Oxygen network, the TV channel for women created by Oprah Winfrey.