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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Wild Forager Sam Thayer teaches classes on wild harvesting and says in his work, the first thing he has to deal with is fear.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

It's not just the movies that offer sequels. Susan Heyboer O'Keefe's new novel is called "Frankenstein's Monster"...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Temple Grandin has autism and designs livestock-handling facilities.  She talks with Jim Fleming about how her autism helps her in her career.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jesse Ball's new novel is called "How to Set a Fire and Why." The protagonist is a teenage girl who joins a secret Arson Club at her new school.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In the U.S., copyright originally lasted only 14 years. These days, creative works could be protected for as long as the author's alive, plus an additional 70 years. Cultural historian Siva Vaidhyanathan explains the evolution of copyright law, and how it's affected artists.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Vikram Chandra writes in English, the language of the colonizer, and faces accusations that he's not really an Indian writer.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alena Graedon's debut novel is an intellectual thriller set in the near future.  Print is dead, words have been monetized, and a "word flu" is running rampant.  The book is called "The Word Exchange."

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