As Planned Parenthood looks ahead to its centennial in October 2016, Ellen Feldman's "Terrible Virtue" gives us a captivating portrait of the organization's resolute founder, Margaret Sanger.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Koren Zailckas started drinking at fourteen; she tells Steve Paulson how frighteningly easy it is for very young girls to get alcohol.
Marilynne Robinson is from Idaho, although she's spent years of her life on the East Coast. The Western character is something Robinson has never let go of, it still informs her life and her writing today.
Paul Hegarty is a lecturer in Philosophy and Visual Culture at University College Cork in Ireland. He's also really into Noise/Music and is the author of "Noise/Music: A History."
Groundbreaking theoretical physicist Lee Smolin weighs in on creative problem solving in physics. Some advice that has served him? Start fresh every ten years.
Kamran Pasha has written a novel called "Mother of the Believers." It's the story of Muhammad's third wife, Aisha, whom he married when she was very young.
If you're worried about zombies every time you step outside, Max Brooks is your man.
Jason Robillard is a barefoot ultramarathon runner and founder of Barefoot Running University.
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