Danish film director Lone Scherfig tells Steve Paulson about her new film “Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Richard Conniff is a journalist who sees parallels between the rich and some animal species. He’s the author of “The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide.”
Michael Perry is proud to be a Wisconsin writer. He writes with humor and grace about his life there in the books, "Population: 485," and "Truck: A Love Story." So, what's life like, as a writer from the Midwest?
Melissa Fay Greene provides a profile of the AIDS orphans of Ethiopia and one remarkable woman who saved dozens by opening her home to them after the death of her adult daughter from AIDS.
Biologist Phil Dustan tells Steve Paulson about coral reefs: what they are, how they grow, why they’re all dying, and what we might do to save them.
Justine Picardie is a writer for British Vogue and a former editor at London’s Observer. She talks about her efforts to contact her sister Ruth’s spirit in the year after Ruth’s death from breast cancer.
Mo Yan is a Chinese novelist whom many critics think will be a future Nobel Prize winner. His new novel is called “Big Breasts & Wide Hips.”
Norwegian jazz musician Kristin Asbjorsen has turned Bukowski’s poetry into music for a film version of his novel “Factotum.”
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