Tom Matthews' first novel, “Like We Care,” tells what happens when some teenagers simply stop spending money on all the stuff that’s marketed to them.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Scott Weidensaul talks with Jim Fleming about several animals that have turned up after their species was thought to be extinct.
Olivia Laing says John Cheever's "The Swimmer" is one of the finest short stories every written.
Vikram Chandra writes in English, the language of the colonizer, and faces accusations that he's not really an Indian writer.
Simon Montefiore is the author of “Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar.” He says Stalin was more complex than we thought, but still a monster.
Humorist Roy Blount Junior talks about some of his favorite rambles in New Orleans, with observations on oysters, New Orleans characters and the city’s history.
Stephen Marche is the author of "How Shakespeare Changed Everything." He tells Anne Strainchamps why he thinks Shakespeare is the most important figure in history.
Sandra Luckow is a ventriloquist herself, who tells him Fleming about her relationship with her "carved figure" Juanito.
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