Gay Talese writes literary journalism. He's a master of in-depth profiles, telling his story through detailed scenes.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Poet Gillian Ferguson lives in Edinburgh. Her volume “Baby: Poems on Pregnancy, Birth and Babies” explores her experience of being pregnant and giving birth.
Hannah Palin lives in Seattle and works as a film archivist. Her mother is retired and lives in Washington, D.C.
How does what you believe affect how you die? Watch as a historian, a psychologist and a sociologist talk about how people around the world confront their mortality.
George Dyson grew up in the backyard of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where some of the most brilliant engineers and mathematicians in the world (including his parents) were building one of the first computers. His new book, "Turing's Cathedral", is the story of their quest to build a working computer.
Grant McCracken talks about his book, "Culturematic." McCracken says that "Culturematics" draw from culture to create culture."
Helen Benedict talks with Anne Strainchamps about the sexual harassment and sexual abuse endured by female soldiers in Iraq which often begins before they leave the United States.
Before he was a crooner, BIng Crosby was totally hip and outsold Sinatra. But he couldn't make the jump to rock and roll.
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