Richard Yates’ debut novel was “Revolutionary Road,” which Kurt Vonnegut hailed as “The Great Gatsby” of its time...
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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A few years ago, poet Christian Wiman picked up his pen after a three-year hiatus, when he fell in love and was diagnosed with cancer. Listen in as he reads a poem from "Every Riven Thing," the book of poems that followed. You can also hear our interview with him about the collection.
Dominique Raccah tells Anne Strainchamps why she loves hearing the actual voices of people like Denise Levertov, W.H. Auden and Robert Frost.
What if Crack Babies were a myth?
To see the NYTimes video on Crack Babies click here.
Storyteller Carolyn McVickar Edwards has a lovely little collection called "In the Light on the Moon."
David Carradine kept a diary during the production which has just been published under the title “The Kill Bill Diary."
Copenhagen, Johannesburg, Kyoto, Rio... it can be hard to keep track of all the international summits where global leaders have tried to tackle climate change. Do international climate negotiations do any good? Author and lobbyist Felix Dodds thinks so. Here's why...
Musician and philosopher David Rothenberg plays duets with birds all over the world. He’s searching for an answer to the question “Why Birds Sing.”
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