Michael Dirda won the Pulitzer Prize for his literary criticism in the Washington Post Book World. Among his collections of essays is Classics for Pleasure.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nevada Barr has written 15 mystery novels featuring Park Ranger Anna Pigeon.
Liz Mermin tells Anne Strainchamps that her film, "The Beauty Academy of Kabul", chronicles the efforts of some Afghan women to maintain a little independence and earn a little money.
Christian and Muslim traditions often involve the afterlife. Is it as important to the Jewish people?
Margot Peters is the author of “Design for Living” - a biography of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
Reihan Salam critiqued the movie "Gandhi" for Slate Magazine in an article called "Meet the Hindustani Malcolm X."
Madhur Jaffrey, the Julia Child of India, talks with Anne Strainchamps about her extended Indian family.
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