Thomas Hardy's biographer tells Steve Paulson how his wife's death transformed the rest of Hardy's life.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Most young men during the Vietnam era faced a choice, whether or not to be drafted into the US Armed Forces. For Jim Fleming, and his friends Robert Cardinaux and Mark Peterson, the chose to become Conscientious Objectors. They worked together in alternative service as psychiatric aides.
Daniel Kalder is from Scotland, but lived in Russia for several years and discovered that at heart he's an anti-tourist.
Jon Ronson believes capitalism favors psychopaths and is creating more of them.
David Brooks tells Steve Paulson the old ways of schools need to change.
Anthony Lane is the film critic for The New Yorker magazine. He tells Steve Paulson he loves both classics and trash - but only good trash.
Gabe Hudson was a Marine Reservist whose unit served in the Gulf War. Hudson himself didn’t see combat, but based on his friends’ war stories, Hudson has written a book of surreal short stories.
Poet Billy Collins bookmarks "The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst."
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