Lorrie Moore has a new collection of short stories. She tells Steve Paulson that life is filled with absurdity; ghost stories are great fodder for fiction; and North America now owns the short story.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Michael Piechowski talks about the intensity with which gifted children experience their lives.
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
Novelist Peter Carey talks about the trip he describes in his book “Wrong about Japan: A Father’s Journey with His Son.” Carey took his then 12 year old son Charley to meet directors of Japanese anime films and creators of manga comics
Cosmologist Paul Davies talks with Steve Paulson about the anthropic principle and proposes that we live in a "participatory" universe - a premise he explores in his book, "Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe Is Just Right for Life."
David Gessner's Dangerous Idea? Modern monkeywrenching that won't be perceived as "terrorism."
Author Kevin Henkes reads his favorite children's book, "Lucky Song".
Jane Juska was 67 when she placed a personal ad in the NY Review of Books looking for good sex with a man she liked.
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