Anne Strainchamps talks with Kevin Brockmeier about his novel which concerns the dead who have not yet passed from living memory.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Are we alone in the universe? Almost certainly not. The young science of astrobiology is closing in on a discovery that will rock our world: there IS life beyond earth. New telescopes, new missions, and new discoveries in outer space and in the most remote areas of our own planet all point to one conclusion. Extra terrestrial life exists, and we're very close to finding it. Science writer Marc Kaufman explains what's changed.
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.
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.”
NPR's Robert Krulwich, co-host of RADIOLAB, says that the secret to good science reporting is to start at the beginning and go slowly so people can understand it.
Joe Kelly runs a national organization called Dads and Daughters. He gives Steve Paulson some advice for fathers whose daughters are hitting puberty.
Jessica Helfand tells Jim Fleming that people constructed unique personal narratives out of whatever materials were at hand, long before there was a scrapbooking business to help them.
Mark Helprin's got a new book out. "In Sunlight and in Shadow" lands on shelves this week. The novel is his first return to New York City since "Winter's Tale." In this UNCUT interview, Helprin talks with Jim Fleming about the story and the city.
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