Brenda Peterson talks with Steve Paulson about the gray whale. They mate and give birth in Baja, where they exhibit “friendly whale syndrome” and migrate to Alaska.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Evan S. Connell is the author of eighteen books and has won numerous awards and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His latest book is called “Francisco Goya: A Life.”
Dorie Greenspan talks about Paris desserts with Jim Fleming. Her latest book is “Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City’s Best Pastry Shops.”
In all this talk about the future, we should probably remember that the past repeats itself.
That’s one themes that runs through “Children of the Days,” the latest book from the lauded Latin American author, Eduardo Galeano.
You can also listen to the extended version of Steve's conversation with him.
Charles Hartman collaborated with his computer to write poetry. He describes his experience in the book “Virtual Muse: Experiments in Computer Poetry.”
David Sterritt tells Steve Paulson about beatnik filmmaker Bruce Conner, the father of the music video and creator of a style of video montage that prefigures today's upcycling movement.
In 1969, Frederic Whitehurst was in Viet Nam, burning captured enemy documents. He saved the diary of a young woman, and many years later returned it to her mother.
A final reflection on time from 92 year old writer and former book editor Diana Athill.
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