Scott Sandage tells Anne Strainchamps that the very meaning of failure has changed in American society over 200 years.
Scott Sandage tells Anne Strainchamps that the very meaning of failure has changed in American society over 200 years.
T. Coraghessan Boyle talks with Steve Paulson about writing in response to hot button issues.
Wesley Stace has a new novel, "Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer."
Photographer William Christenberry takes pictures of simple buildings in forgotten corners of his home place of Hale County, Alabama, year after year to document how they change over time.
Najla Said is a Palestinian-Lebanese Christian Arab-American who grew up on New York’s Jewish Upper West Side. And she’s the daughter of the late Edward Said –the famous Palestinian intellectual and activist.
Roy Kaplan tells Steve Paulson what really happens to those people who hit the lottery.
Muadh Bhavnagarwala is a young student at Al Hedaya Islamic Center in Danbury, CT -- a city not far from Newtown, the site of last year's tragic shootings. Last year, he chose to add his voice to the national memorial service, as it was televised around the world.
Tom Wolfe is back on the bestseller list with his new novel “Back to Blood.” In this interview, Wolfe ranges from why he picked Miami as the location for his novel; his critique of modern fiction; the early days of New Journalism; and his satirical take on the contemporary art world.