Gioia Timpanelli uses her poetic sensibility to write prose novels.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht states Immanuel Kant's concept of Beauty is useful when applied to the world of sports, and that such Beauty approaches the sacred.
Wasn't the digital economy supposed to help all of us gain access to meaningful work? Computers would do the boring jobs while people did the stuff that matters. Instead, we've got workers replaced by robots and taxi drivers losing out to Uber. What went wrong? Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff has a word for it: growth.
Journalist Greg Critser tells Jim Fleming that Americans never learn moderate food habits. We must accept responsibility for our own caloric intake and expenditure.
Pulitzer prize-winning poet Gary Snyder reflects on what it means to be a Buddhist animist, his Zen training in Japan, the meaning of gratitude, and the importance of exploring "the wild areas of the mind."
Historian Henry Fetter tells Jim Fleming the Yankees have been accused of buying their way to the top but both the team and the game are going strong.
Ghita Schwarz wrote about "A Case of Boredom" for the February issue of "The Believer" magazine.
Hank Klibanoff and Gene Roberts are the co-authors of "The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation."
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