Marti Leimbach is an autism activist and successful novelist. She talks about her own experiences trying to get help for her autistic son.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Mark Jacobson and his wife took their three children on a 90-day trip around the world. They've written a book called "12,000 Miles in the Nick of Time: A Semi-Dysfunctional Family Circumnavigates the Globe."
You'll have to know the great expectations of Cornell students to be successful for this round of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz!
Nicholas Carr believes the Internet is rewiring the human brain with its instant access to all sorts of information. Are we losing our ability to focus on one thing for any length of time?
Peggy Orenstein tells Anne Strainchamps about “parasite singles” - young Japanese, mostly female, who reject the traditional life of marriage and children.
Meg Graham is the co-author (with Alec Shuldiner) of “Corning and the Craft of Innovation.” She says that Corning has a long tradition of nurturing innovation and accommodating eccentricity.
Rebecca and Robert Bluestone tell Judith Strasser what their art forms have in common and how they both use color and a sense of place in their work.
Karen Russell talks about her debut novel, "Swamplandia!," which focuses on a family-operated gator wrestling theme park in the Florida Everglades.
Karen Russell's "Swamplandia!" page on Random House's website
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