Novelist Jeanne Ray is a serious fan of good cake. Her latest novel is called “Eat Cake.”
Novelist Jeanne Ray is a serious fan of good cake. Her latest novel is called “Eat Cake.”
Merian C. Cooper dreamed up the original "King Kong." Cooper was an Indiana Jones - type figure himself.
Robert Sullivan has driven across the United States some thirty times. He tells Jim Fleming how he does it, and what happened on the worst trip ever.
Cape Breton fiddler Natalie McMaster says that she’s been step dancing and playing the fiddle since she was a child.
Mary Roach is the author of “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.” She reads from the book and talks about observing an anatomy class.
Sacks had a particular fascination with the ways our brains can play tricks on our vision. He also reveals his own lifelong struggle to recognize the faces of other people.
Rocker Nick Cave talks with Steve Paulson about the relative freedom of writing prose versus song-writing...