Maggie Nelson talks to Steve Paulson about her new book, "The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning."
Maggie Nelson talks to Steve Paulson about her new book, "The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning."
Maurice Sendak has written and narrates a story called "Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale." It's based on Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf".
Steve's hard at work on this weekend’s “Words and Music” show. Here's his note on the inspiration behind the show, and a taste of an interview with a scientist who's putting rappers in MRI machines.
Norwegian jazz musician Kristin Asbjorsen has turned Bukowski’s poetry into music for a film version of his novel “Factotum.”
Marina Chapman has the most remarkable story - kidnapped and abandoned in the South American jungle, living only with monkeys. Eventually, she's rescued and years later, moves to England, where she marries and raises a family. Marina and her daughter Vanessa James tell this story.
In 1999 writer Leif Ueland was invited to ride the Playboy bus as it cris-crossed America in search of “Miss Millennium.”
Rob Brezsny is a poet, musician, astrologer and the author of “Pronoia Is the Antidote to Paranoia.” He tells Anne Strainchamps that pronoia sees the world as fundamentally friendly...