Ross Terrill talks with Steve Paulson about the internal politics of China and says the Communist Party is becoming irrelevant to Chinese life.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Samara O'Shea is a professional letter writer and the author of "For the Love of Letters." She tells Anne Strainchamps about the ingredients that go into a powerful letter.
Steve Venwright put out a CD called “The Further Somniloquies of Dion McGregor.” McGregor talks in his sleep like you’ve never heard before.
Tom Wolfe reads the opening to "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and explains why it's his favorite.
Essayist Susan Ehrlich is a practicing pediatrian who remembers what it was like treating her father during his final hours.
Philosopher and novelist Umberto Eco wrote a history of beauty. A few years later, he followed it up with a study of ugliness. Here’s what he found
Our inaugural edition of "Watch This!" comes on the heels of the Academy Awards, with a nominee and the winner of the full-length documentary award.
When Samuel Clemens took on the pen name “Mark Twain,” he was doing more cleverly appropriating a measure of depth. He was also tapping into one of the most well-known sounds along the river: sounding calls. Owen Selles tells about these calls in this piece, adapted from an essay he originally wrote for the online magazine Edge Effects.
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