Photographer David Plowden talks about why he loves bridges and why it was important to preserve them on film.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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John Waters recommends the 1968 Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton film, "Boom!"
Elizabeth Samet teaches literature to future Army officers at West Point. She tells Jim Fleming why her class reads Wilfred Owen and Homer, and what lessons they draw from the poetry.
Music journalist Charles R. Cross shares one of his favorite forgotten albums from The Sonics.
Talking about race is fraught these days, so it took guts for Paul Beatty to write his novel "The Sellout." It's a satire about a young black man who winds up on trial at the Supreme Court. And along the way, he enslaves an old friend and re-segregates the local high school.
Getting words, quotes, even lines of verse inked under the skin is more common that you think. There’s even a name for it: Literary Tattoos
Philip K. Dick scholar David Gill talks about Hollywood's adaptations of Philip K. Dick's novels and short stories.
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