David Gessner wants to change the way people write about nature. Instead of the traditional stories about wild animals in pristine landscapes, he calls for a style of nature writing that's messy, even raucous.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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According to Cesar Millan, dogs need exercise, discipline and affection, in that order.
Novelist Dennis McFarland deals with the consequences of violence in his book “Singing Boy.” McFarland talks about the effects of grief on the deceased’s survivors.
Chris Kilham tells Jim Fleming why deep, dark, bittersweet chocolate is a health food. It has more anti-oxidants than Vitamin C!
Barry Glassner tells Steve Paulson that Americans seem to think the value of a meal lies principally in what it lacks - no sugar, fat, carbs, calories, etc. He explores the myths that make us the food police.
Christopher Woodward talks with Steve Paulson about the English mania for ruins and why they inspired the Romantic poets. Woodward’s book is “In Ruins.”
Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus tell Anne Strainchamps about their experience as nannies and discuss the complexities of paid child-care in the home.
Edmund Morris has written three books about Teddy Roosevelt; his third, "Colonel Roosevelt" picks up the story after TR left the White House.
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