We hear a conversation between Steve Paulson and German historian Jessica Gienow-Hecht. They discuss why the huge casualties among German civilians have been taboo for discussion.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Australian Les Murray is considered by many literary critics to be the greatest living poet in English today.
Nick Hitchon is one of the participants in Michael Apted's Seven Up series of documentaries that checks in on the lives of ordinary people every seven years.
Linguist John McWhorter says all six thousand contemporary languages evolved from a single source and that there’s no such thing as a pure language.
Anne Carson doesn't call her work poetry. She says the best description is poesis, Greek for "making." A classics scholar, Carson is a translator, essayist and prolific forger of new literary forms.
Kerry O. Burns talks with Judith Strasser and performs excerpts from his one-man show “Markings of the Soul.” The play tells the story of Kerry and his gay brother, Tim.
Margaret Weis tells Steve Paulson all about dragons, and about the dragon world she created for her books.
Author Jonathan Lethem talks to Jim Fleming about his "Harper's" Magazine essay, "The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism."
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