Studs Terkel tells Steve Paulson why his friend Nelson Algren is one of America's great literary secrets. Among Terkel's latest books is "Hope Dies Last."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Salman Rushdie tells Steve Paulson about his very first memories of "The Wizard of Oz."
T.C. Boyle's new novel features a face-off between an animals rights activist and a biologist.
Brendan Koerner talks about his book, "The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking."
Music critic Yuval Taylor tells Steve Paulson that authenticity in music is a complicated business.
The former mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, take us on a walking tour of the neighborhood of one of his big heroes, the late urban thinker, Jane Jacobs.
Tim Flannery tells Steve Paulson about the asteroid crashes and vanished fauna in our continent’s past.
Stephen Mitchell has composed a new translation of “Gilgamesh,” the epic poem of ancient Mesopotamia.
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