Mario Vargas Llosa is one of the godfathers of Latin American fiction. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. He also once ran for president of his native country, Peru. Politics and literature are the driving forces in his life.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Environmentalist Bill McKibben believes it's time for a new environmental paradigm: small and local.
Chang's new novel follows the lives of students and one particular professor in a creative writing program in the Midwest.
According to John Leland, the hipster is an outsider who crosses boundaries and challenges the mainstream. He also talks about the overlap between being hip and using drugs.
If you think the American middle class has it bad, consider life in debt-ridden Italy or Greece. Best-selling financial writer Michael Lewis portrays the downfall of several European countries with his usual verve, in Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World.
Jonatha Brooke is a singer and songwriter who was invited by Woody Guthrie's daughter to visit her famous father's archives and use some of his unpublished material. The result is an album called "The Works."
Jason Reitman wrote and directed the film "Thank You for Smoking." We hear some very funny and totally subversive clips.
Lera Auerbach's obsession with time has impacted her life in music. We hear examples of her literary and musical achievements.
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