Barry Unsworth says that the layers of history are tangible on Crete, and talks about some of the island’s mythic figures.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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A few weeks after Dan's funeral, his wife Judy talks about how she's dealing with his absence, and how she wants to remember him.
From one of Israel's leading novelists, a gorgeous and searing story about war and grief.
He sounded the alarm about global warming over 20 years ago. Now he has a model of how to survive on our changed planet.
The best-selling Turkish novelist Elif Shafak was put on trial ten years ago for "insulting Turkishness". She says the political climate in Turkey is more polarized than ever today, and even riskier for writers. She also believes fiction can help heal divided cultures.
Jessica Disu (FM Supreme) talks about using hiphop as a positive force to deliver messages of peace and non-violence.
Erin McKean talks with Anne Strainchamps about the pleasures of strange words like “squintefego” and “limiculous.”
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