Holley Bishop is a New York literary agent who once wouldn’t have cared about nature. These days she’s flat-out in love with bees, and has written “Robbing the Bees - A Biography of Honey.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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In this uncut interview, George Saunders talks to Steve Paulson about his critically-acclaimed short story collection, “Tenth of December.”
45 years ago, long-haired hippies and flower children from across the Midwest converged on a small Wisconsin farm for a weekend of peace, love and music including a band people were just beginning to talk about at the time - The Grateful Dead. Historian Michael Edmonds tells the story.
Gary Rosen edited a book called “The Right War? The Conservative Debate on Iraq.” He describes the various lines of thought within the Conservative camp.
Glen Tilbrook is a British singer and songwriter. He suffered a massive panic attack when he was supposed to interview Randy Newman.
Harriet Reisen tells Anne Strainchamps that Alcott loved to anonymously write racy thrillers and organized women's political activity decades before suffrage was won.
Scottish Parliament member George Galloway turned the tables on the senate subcommittee who accused him of profiting from the Iraq food-for-oil scandal.
Henry the Eighth needed a "fixer" to make his break from the Church of Rome and his many marriages legal in England. That man was Thomas Cromwell.
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