A commentary on terrorism from poet Naomi Shihab Nye.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Novelist Larry Baker followed up “The Flamingo Rising” with a story called “Athens, America.” He marketed it himself, starting in the mid-West, where the book is set, and ended up selling it in grocery stores.
In this UNCUT interview, Pico Iyer tells Jim Fleming about his obsession with novelist Graham Greene. That obsession is also the subject of Iyer's new book, "The Man Within My Head".
Anthropologist Jeremy Narby went to the Peruvian Amazon to study the Ashaninca Indians. The experience transformed his outlook on life, especially once he tried their powerful hallucinogen ayahuasca.
Nicholas Rogers is a historian at York University in Canada and the author of “Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night.” He says that Halloween has both pagan and Christian roots and that the modern holiday once involved more treats than tricks.
What's it like to win a MacArthur "genius" award? Fiction writer Karen Rusell tells Anne Strainchamps about the day she heard the news, and talks about her special blend of fantasy and realism in her short stories.
Leslie Marmon Silko writes and paints to help understanding of her native Laguna Pueblo tribe.
A discussion of what makes a successful children’s picture book. Participants include: Kevin Henkes, Uri Shulevitz, and Barbara Barstow.
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