Crime fiction from India? Sample a bit of Kishwar Desai's award-winning novel, Witness the Night. Read by Marika Suval.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Audio
Michael Reilly recorded an extraordinary CD called "Como Now: The Voices of Panola County, Mississippi."
Inspired by stories of police brutality and the Rodney King beating, civil rights attorney Connie Rice says she declared "war" on the LAPD in the 1990s. These days, she trains and supervises 50 officers in one of Los Angeles' toughest communities.
In constructing his history of non-violence, Mark Kurlansky looks at history with a revisionist's eye and tells Steve Paulson that WWII might not have been necessary.
Professional bladesmith Richard Furrer tells Jim Fleming about “Dragonslayer,” a blade forged from ultra-strong steel created with the help of a Northwestern University computer model.
Poet Molly Peacock's biography of the 18th century paper artist, Mary Delaney.
We asked you to share memories and stories of your most precious saved handwriting. Here's some of what you told us.
Historian Jill Lepore talks with Jim Fleming about Noah Webster and his dictionary. She says Webster thought Americans should have their own language and he celebrated American words.
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