Editor Chris Kubica talks about his project, “Letters to J.D. Salinger.” Kubica asked dozens of authors to sound off to Salinger by writing him letters - even if Salinger will never read them.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Cultural critic Cintra Wilson thinks American’s fascination with fame is a grotesque, crippling disease. She tears into it in her book “A Massive Swelling.”
What’s it like to grow up with a great naturalist? Well, it made quite an impression on the children of famed conservationist Aldo Leopold.
Geraint Watkins is a rock and roll pianist and accordionist who's worked with big stars like Paul McCartney and Dave Edmunds. He's also a gifted singer/songwriter who's recorded 3 solo albums.
Artist Neil Harbisson was born greyscale colorblind. He says he liked seeing only in shades of black and white, but he still wanted to experience color. So he developed an implant that would help him hear colors well beyond the normal human spectrum, from ultraviolet to infrareds.
In this extended conversation, Neil talks about the art he makes with his new sense, and about the challenges of living cyborg.
David Whyte tells Anne Strainchamps there’s always a way to find meaning at work.
TTBOOK producer Charles Monroe-Kane reports on what he thought was a piece of youth media - MTV's hit comedy "The Andy Milonakis Show."
Ever wonder why certain foods fall out of favor? In his book “The Gluten Lie” Alan Levinovitz argues that food has become akin to a modern religion for a lot of us, complete with its own set of rules, prohibitions and guiding beliefs.
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