Millard Kaufman has a long string of successes, including two Oscar nominations as a screen writer. He tells Jim Fleming why he decided to take on a new kind of writing.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Lisa Lieberman is the author of “Leaving You: The Cultural Meaning of Suicide.” She talks about the suicide of her grandfather and the extravagant narratives left by 19th century suicides.
Paul Beatty recommends a novel by German-Jewish Holocaust survivor Edgar Hilsenrath.
Cissy Chandler was 18 years older than her husband, which he may or may not have ever known.
Luis Rodriguez talks with Steve Paulson about his work, why kids are drawn to gangs, and admits he failed his own son who’s now serving a long sentence in prison for attempted murder.
Karen Slavick-Lennard's husband talks in his sleep - and says the craziest things. We talk with Karen and hear audio excerpts of "sleep talkin' man."
Poet Naomi Shihab Nye talks with Anne Strainchamps about the effects of the violence in Iraq and the Middle-East on the children who see it everyday.
Self portraits certainly aren't new. Artists have been making them for centuries. And not just because painting or drawing yourself is easier than finding a model. Here's art historian James Hall.
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