MacArthur "genius grant" recipients talk creativity

October 2, 2012 7:36 AM

The MacArthur Foundation hands out "genius grants" every year to people who show exceptional creativity in their work. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz and Chris Thile, a mandolin virtuoso and composer, talk to Charlie Rose about their work.

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