Rob Nixon grew up near the ostrich farms of South Africa. He tells Steve Paulson about the 19th century fashion craze for ostrich plumes and the fortunes it created.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jonathan Kaplan is a surgeon who specializes in emergency field treatment. “Groups like “Doctors without Borders” send him to war zones all over the world. His memoir is called “The Dressing Station: A Surgeon’s Chronicle of War and Medicine.”
Jeanne Birdsall began writing at age 41. Her first novel became an instant classic.
Jane Hamilton tells Anne Strainchamps the inspiration for her latest book came when she was teaching a writing workshop on a cruise ship.
Michael Gurian is an educator and therapist and author of “The Wonder of Girls.” He gives Jim Fleming some advice about helping girls master math.
Poet Robert Wrigley is sometimes called a nature poet. His books include “Reign of Snakes” and “Lives of the Animals.”
Kumail Nanjiani is a Pakistani standup comedian living in Chicago and performing a one-man show called "Unpronounceable."
Julia Hansen chained herself to the radiator in her dining room for a week in an effort to quit smoking cigarettes.
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