Natasha Trethewey read Miscegenation.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Mark Kingwell is a Canadian philosopher who knows all about the terror of the blank page and the procrastination that leads to.
Paul Levinson is the author of "Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millennium." He talks to Jim Fleming about his friendship with McLuhan and the man's work.
In “The Hunt for Zero Point” Nick Cook writes about the secret world of research into anti-gravity technology.
Laurell Hamilton has written a series of novels featuring a character called Anita Blake. Anita is a vampire executioner whose day job is raising the dead. Hamilton talks about Anita’s world
What’s happening in our brains when we talk or sing or play music? Are language and music different neural processes? Neuroscientist Charles Limb peaks into the mind of a particular kind of musician... rappers.
Is there a better way to think about money? Bernard Lietaer thinks so. One of the designers of the Euro, he’s now talking up the virtues of alternative currencies. In this EXTENDED interview, Lietaer and Jacqui Dunne tell us why complementary currencies are now flourishing around the world – and how they could help us dodge the next recession.
Jane Yolen likes to re-invent the stories about King Arthur. In her version, it’s Guinevere who first pulls the sword from the stone!
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