Best-selling author Jane Hamilton has the kind of success most novelists dream of. In her novel “Disobedience,” a teenage son discovers that his mom is cheating on his dad.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Michael Dirda tells Anne Strainchamps that modern readers of Beowulf owe a great deal to J.R.R. Tolkien.
Italian journalist Riccardo Orizio tracked down seven former dictators living in exile around the world. He talks about what it was like to meet and talk with them.
Former TTBOOK producer and interviewer Judith Strasser talks with Jim Fleming about the details of deciding what to leave out of an intimate memoir.
Dr. Maden Kataria founded Laughter Clubs International – groups of people who meet to laugh aloud together.
Neuroscientist Sam Harris is on our minds this week. Harris is best known as one of the guys who helpd lauch the New Atheist movement. So it comes as a surprise to see the title of his new book -- "Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion."
Mark Rectanus tells Steve Paulson that corporate sponsorship can create conflicts of interest for museum curators and can turn art exhibits into “tarted-up trade shows.”
Quaker writer, educator and activist Parker Palmer believes people need to listen to their inner voice in order to make the right life choices.
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