Steve here. 2016 marked the 100th anniversary of America’s beloved National Park system. I could think of no one better to reflect on the importance of national parks than one of my favorite writers, Terry Tempest Williams.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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David Thorpe is a filmmaker who went in search of his voice. Specifically, he wanted to know why he and many other gay men ended up markers of a "gay voice"—one with precise enunciation and sibilant "s" sounds. He spoke with his family and several speech therapists to better understand, control, and inhabit his voice.
Danielle Trussoni is the author of “Falling Through the Earth,” a memoir of life with her Vietnam Vet father who was a tunnel rat during the war...
Peter Edelman's Dangerous Idea? Putting people to work doing things we need done.
Writer Brendan Koerner reviews Yukio Mishima's classic novel, "Confessions of a Mask".
David Plotz is the editor of Slate Magazine (slate.com) and the author of "Good Book."
Charles R. Cross on the Young Fresh Fellows album “The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest.”
Novelist Arthur Phillips is the author of "The Tragedy of Arthur." The book tells the story of a fictional character, also named Arthur Phillips, whose family finds a lost Shakespeare play.
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