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David Rothenberg has played music with birds and even whales. But his latest music project is much less, well, melodious…

 . . . like playing music with insects. He’s recorded songs with a lot of them -- crickets and cicadas and yes, even mosquitoes.

Producer Craig Eley sat down with David Rothenberg to talk “bug music.”

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It's flu season. While you stock up on vitamin C, zinc and herbal tea, you might also want to pick up a copy of historian Erika Janik’s brand new book, “Marketplace of the Marvelous --  The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine.”

 

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Anne Strainchamps talks with poet Li-Young Lee about the power of love and we hear excerpts from some of Lee's poems.

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More stories from you -- about precious bits of handwriting you've saved over the years.

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We have a new Poet Laureate here in the U.S. Listen in as Natasha Trethewey talks about the history and memory embedded in her work.

You can hear more of Trethewey's poems here.

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What life experiences are behind her successful book?

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Novelist Jane Hamilton remembers her old piano teacher and their battles over practicing.

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Katherine Ellison says that pregnancy and motherhood change women's brains for the better, making them smarter, calmer and more competent.

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