Ken Nordine recites his word poem "yellow".
Chang's new novel follows the lives of students and one particular professor in a creative writing program in the Midwest.
Richard Nelson hikes through the Alaskan wilderness recording sounds you can't hear anywhere else, and he plays excerpts during this conversation with Anne Strainchamps.
Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon’s new memoir, “Girl in a Band,” is on our minds this week. The book chronicles the influential band’s career and the end of the marriage between Gordon and fellow co-founder Thurston Moore after 27 years.
Cissy Chandler was 18 years older than her husband, which he may or may not have ever known.
Lera Auerbach's obsession with time has impacted her life in music. We hear examples of her literary and musical achievements.
Robert Greenwald supports the Obama administration but thinks they're dead wrong about Afghanistan.
Travel writer Jan Morris tells Steve Paulson that she identifies with the city of Trieste which is a jumble of influences - East and West, past and present.