Novelist Nicholson Baker exposed what he called libraries’ assault on paper in a book called “Double Fold.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Marcia Bartusiak tells Anne Strainchamps about the race to document the existence of gravity waves - Einstein’s last prediction.
Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx wrote the music and lyrics for “Avenue Q” - the hit Broadway musical about life and love in New York performed by puppets. John Tartaglia is the voice of the lead character.
Owen Flanagan is a philosopher of mind who spends his professional life tackling the so-called "hard problem" of consciousness.
John Santos is an exponent of Afro-Latin music and leader of the jazz group John Santos and Machete.
Lewis Hyde is the author of the acclaimed "Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art." He talks with Steve Paulson about the meaning of the word "trickster."
Peter Larson is a professional paleontologist and commercial fossil hunter. His book is “Rex Appeal: The Story of Sue, the Dinosaur that Changed Science, the Law and My Life.”
In constructing his history of non-violence, Mark Kurlansky looks at history with a revisionist's eye and tells Steve Paulson that WWII might not have been necessary.
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