In 1776 there were no radios or telephones or honking cars, but there were other sounds. The church bell, the town crier, and women beating their laundry all had distinct sounds.
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Michael Chabon defends the position that genre fiction is just as worthy of respect as any other fiction.
Paul Feig is the author of "Superstud: Or How I Became a 24-Year-Old Virgin."
Laure-Anne Bosselaar talks with Jim Fleming about finding nature in the city. Bosselaar reads several poems from the poetry anthology she edited, “Urban Nature.”
Welcome to a new regular feature: PlayList: Artists' Soundtracks. Today, celebrated Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard shares the music he listened to while writing "My Struggle" -- Midlake's LP, "The Courage of Others."
Robert Mankoff and Roz Chast talk about what characterized New Yorker cartoons of the past, and how new cartoons are edited at the magazine.
Love him or hate him, presidential candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader has stuck to his principles.
Lia Macko tells Jim Fleming women still blame themselves for not being able to achieve everything imagined in the days of the Feminist Revolution.
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