Khaled Hosseini's novel “The Kite Runner” put Afghan fiction on the map. Hosseini's new book is “And the Mountains Echoed.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nathan Rabin, head writer for "The Onion's" entertainment section, "A.V. Club.", explains the pivotal role popular culture has played throughout his life.
Mark Leyner talks to Jim Fleming about his mind-bending, synapse-shattering new novel, "The Sugar Frosted Nutsack."
Could LSD boost your creativity? Yes, says psychologist Jim Fadiman, a pioneer in psychedelics research and one of the founders of the transpersonal pychology movement.
Michael Timmins writes the music and lyrics that his sister Margo Timmins sings as part of The Cowboy Junkies.
There's a big debate among ecologists right now over whether we can have hope in the face of climate change. Science writer Emma Marris says we need it. And it’s not just newspaper headlines and environmental campaigns that need to change, we need to rethink “nature.”
Parker Palmer is a writer and educator who's spent a lot of time thinking about the question, "What makes life worth living?"
John Francis was motivated by a California oil spill to stop riding in cars, planes or trains. When he got tired of trying to explain his decision, he stopped talking - for 17 years.
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