Joshua Clover explains the subtitle of his book, “1989: Bob Dylan Didn’t Have This To Sing About.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon has written both for adults and young readers. In a recent book of essays, "Manhood for Amateurs," Chabon tackles his own childhood.
In the gaming world, game designer Jason Rohrer is a god. Now, saying someone is a god in a certain field is a figure of speech. I mean, they’re not REALLY immortal beings. That is, unless you’re Jason Rohrer.
Jon Katz’ latest book is “The New Work of Dogs.” Katz says that Americans are forgetting their pets’ true natures and shouldn’t expect them to be children with fur.
Jerome Charyn tells Steve Paulson about some of the great ping-pong matches of the past and reflects on the worldwide popularity of the game.
Lauren Weedman was adopted. When she got curious about her birth parents, her adoptive mother organized a conspiracy to track them down.
Nathaniel Philbrick tells Jim Fleming that the myth of the first Thanksgiving is great for children, but the truth about Plymouth Plantation is a lot darker and more complicated.
Ernest Callenbach’s “Ecotopia” was the bible of a certain kind of environmental activist, back in the 70’s. Producer Charles Monroe-Kane was one of them. He tells us what it was like to try to live the dream.
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