Joel Waldfogel talks with Jim Fleming about what's really wrong with all those cringe-inducing neckties and fruitcakes nobody eats.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Michael Reilly recorded an extraordinary CD called "Como Now: The Voices of Panola County, Mississippi."
We asked you to share memories and stories of your most precious saved handwriting. Here's some of what you told us.
No book has won more raves this year than Katherine Boo’s nonfiction portrait of a Mumbai slum, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers".
Poet Molly Peacock's biography of the 18th century paper artist, Mary Delaney.
John Spalding is a humor columnist for the on-line magazine Belief Net, and the author of “A Pilgrim’s Digress: My Perilous, Fumbling Quest for the Celestial City.”
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.”
Cultural Critic Richard Todd looked at modern life and saw others telling what is and isn't real.
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