BookMark: Vikram Chandra reviews “The King Must Die” by Mary Renault.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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David Edmonds talks with Steve Paulson about an incident in the life of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and explains why Wittgenstein’s views have been supplanted.
Ethan Watters is the author of “Urban Tribes.” Watters says that the TV show “Friends” is a good example of the kind of social group he’s talking about.
For all the trend watching and forecasting, it has to be someone’s job to create the future… to come up with something truly new.
For decades, musician and producer Butch Vig has been doing just that. Vig says from the beginning, he wanted to make music that was different from what he was hearing in the mainstream.
Christopher Moore talks about untranslatable words.
Debra Dickerson tells Steve Paulson she knows first hand that systemic racism still exists in America.
Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard recommends a chilling read: "The Flame Alphabet" by Ben Marcus.
Celia Brooks Brown is an American who lives in the U.K. and is making a reputation as a high-brow vegetarian chef. Her books include “Party Food for Vegetarians.”
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