Derick Burleson won the Felix Pollack Prize for his collection of poems about Rwanda, called "Ejo."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Imagine what it would feel like if everywhere you went, people assumed you needed help… if complete strangers insisted on giving you a hand, whether you wanted it or not?
Alba is a real rabbit, created in a lab and genetically modified to glow in the dark. Eduardo Kac talks about the moral and ethical implications of art using living subjects.
David Abram is an ecologist, anthropologist and philosopher, and author of "Becoming Animal."
Frederick Turner is the author of “1929: a Novel of the Jazz Age.” Turner reads from the book and talks with Steve Paulson about its central character, Bix Beiderbeck.
Hans Ulrich Obrist's dangerous idea is to create a museum for projects that haven't been completed—he calls it "A Palace of Unbuilt Roads."
More people than ever before in US history are living alone. And they're living lives of fullment and social engagement. Eric Klinenberg writes about the trend in "Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone."
Ben Folds is fascinated with the human voice, especially in the genre of A Cappella music.
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