Judith Farr tells Jim Fleming that Emily Dickinson had several gardens and a conservatory and wrote about flowers in her poems and in her letters.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Biologist Renee Askins tells Anne Strainchamps why she is passionate about wolves, and why she was determined to re-introduce wolves to Yellowstone National Park.
Luis Alberto Urrea tells Jim Fleming about the business of smuggling illegal aliens across the Arizona desert and the tremendous mortality rate of this dangerous passage.
Nicholas Christopher collected myths and legends for years to write his novel, "The Bestiary."
Larry Watson tells a story about beauty, art, obsession and betrayal in his novel “Orchard.”
A 93 year old bee-keeping Sherlock Holmes gets embroiled with the son of a former client in Japan, and forges a relationship with his new housekeeper's son.
.Historian Jeffrey Kripal makes the case for taking paranormal phenomena more seriously.
Michael Lewis joins us to talk about his riveting new account of how high-frequency trading is destroying Wall Street. His new book is "Flash Boys."
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