Christopher Moore talks about untranslatable words.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Writer Junot Diaz tells us why he's a big fan of Samuel R. Delany's novel, "Dark Reflections".
Pop culture critic Camille Paglia talks with Anne Strainchamps about our obsession with makeovers and the human impulse to mythologize public figures.
The Silk Road was once the great meeting place between the East and the West - a network of ancient trading routes winding through China and India, across Central Asia and Iran to the Mediterranean.
Psychiatrist Darold Treffert is one of the world's authorities on savant syndrome. In this EXTENDED interview, he calls savants "islands of genius" and says we won't understand consciousness until we figure out what's happening in the minds of savants.
No one expected the latest inspiration: "Ed Gein: The Musical."
Charles Baxter and Richard Bausch are both successful American writers and good friends. They talk with Steve Paulson about the pitfalls and perils of doing book tours.
David Gilmour decided to let his son, Jesse, drop out of school, provided that he agree to watch three movies a week with his father. He talks about this experience.
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