Romance novelists Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn talk with Anne Strainchamps about the romance genre and how it’s changed from the bodice-ripper days.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nicholas Rogers is a historian at York University in Canada and the author of “Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night.” He says that Halloween has both pagan and Christian roots and that the modern holiday once involved more treats than tricks.
Singer/songwriter Robert Ellis Orrall talks about his fictional indie rock band, Monkey Bowl.
Luis Alberto Urrea tells Jim Fleming about the business of smuggling illegal aliens across the Arizona desert and the tremendous mortality rate of this dangerous passage.
Oscar Hijuelos is the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature for his book "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love." His memoir is called "Thoughts Without Cigarettes."
What's it like to win a MacArthur "genius" award? Fiction writer Karen Rusell tells Anne Strainchamps about the day she heard the news, and talks about her special blend of fantasy and realism in her short stories.
Peter Jenkins spent months on the best seller list with “A Walk Across America.” Now he’s gone “Looking for Alaska.”
Biologist Renee Askins tells Anne Strainchamps why she is passionate about wolves, and why she was determined to re-introduce wolves to Yellowstone National Park.
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