Jeannette Walls is a famous gossip columnist in New York on MSNBC, but she's the child of hippies who lived a nomadic life in cars and abandoned buildings always one step ahead of their creditors.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Marilyn Johnson talks about how librarians are emerging as heroes of the digital age because of their love for the written word, free speech and open access.
Lila Azam Zanganeh tells Jim Fleming that Iranian women who supported the Revolution did not expect to lose the rights and freedoms.
Rebecca Solnit is the author of "River of Shadows," a book about Eadweard Muybridge and his stop-motion photography.
June 4 marks the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. To find out how Chinese dissidents have fared since then, we’re revisiting an interview with historian Ian Buruma. He’s the author of "Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing."
Neil Steinberg booked passage to Italy for both him and his father on his father’s old ship. He hoped it would bring them closer together. As he tells Anne Strainchamps, it didn’t.
Rabbi Harold Kushner tells Anne Strainchamps that people need to believe their lives are meaningful and that we can make a significant contribution by our everyday actions.
Lorrie Moore responds to Hillary Clinton as a cultural symbol and public personality.
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