Kenneth Helphand tells Jim Fleming how a photo of a French soldier tending a rose bush in a trench during WWI resulted in his book.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Janice Galloway has written a novel called “Clara.” It tells the life story of Clara Schumann, the gifted pianist who was the wife of composer Robert Schumann.
Lorrie Moore has a new collection of short stories. She tells Steve Paulson that life is filled with absurdity; ghost stories are great fodder for fiction; and North America now owns the short story.
Classical pianist Leon Fleisher was sidelined for many years by a medical condition that crippled his right hand.
Jim Elledge is the co-editor (with Susan Swartwout) of “Real Things,” an anthology of poetry that references popular culture.
Urban sprawl is a staggering problem in China as a result of the on-going Chinese industrial revolution.
John Emsley talks about the Periodic Table of the Elements, and why science, and the teaching of science, should be fun.
Natalie Goldberg talks about the process of writing a memoir and tells Anne Strainchamps why it is her favorite genre.
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