Julia Alvarez tells Anne Strainchamps that she raises coffee on a small farm in the Dominican Republic and explains how it influences her writing.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Karen Wenborn tells Jim Fleming about Classical Comics which have published three versions of Shakespeare plays, pairing various versions of the texts with bright, action-packed, comic book style visuals.
Raymond Zilinskas tells Jim Fleming that a biological weapon is live organism while a chemical weapon uses an inert substance.
Rob Tannenbaum and Sean Altman wrote and perform the music and comedy show called “What I Like About Jew.”
Writer and cartoonist Lynda Barry is an outspoken left-wing intellectual with an urban sensibility who now lives off the grid in rural Wisconsin.
Noah Levine tells Anne Strainchamps how he’s combined the spiritual traditions of Buddhism with punk rock in his own life.
The music of avant-garde composer Philip Glass is distinct and memorable. His span reaches across opera and symphonies to film scores and popular music. One cannot exaggerate the influence this world-renowned composer has had on modern classic music. And now, at 78, Philip Glass has given us one more work to ponder: his memoir, called “Words Without Music.”
Kevin Kelly tells Jim Fleming that the sum total of our technology - what he calls “the technicum” - is taking on the properties of life itself.
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