Writer Dan Chaon talks about his new book of non-supernatural ghost stories, "Stay Awake."
Writer Dan Chaon talks about his new book of non-supernatural ghost stories, "Stay Awake."
We hear a story from Elna Baker, author of “The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance.”
Chang-rae Lee is a Korean-American and the author of “Aloft.” He reads a bit from the novel.
Tufts Medical School psychiatrist Daniel Carlat believes psychiatry is in crisis.
In this EXTENDED interview, Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez tells the story of a marathon facial transplantation for his patient, Richard Norris.
Dorie Greenspan talks about Paris desserts with Jim Fleming. Her latest book is “Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City’s Best Pastry Shops.”
In all this talk about the future, we should probably remember that the past repeats itself.
That’s one themes that runs through “Children of the Days,” the latest book from the lauded Latin American author, Eduardo Galeano.
You can also listen to the extended version of Steve's conversation with him.
In 1969, Frederic Whitehurst was in Viet Nam, burning captured enemy documents. He saved the diary of a young woman, and many years later returned it to her mother.