John Waters recommends "The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Charles McGrath thinks comic books or graphic novels are becoming a legitimate art form that will probably continue to evolve.
Bill Welden, an expert on Tolkien’s Elvish languages, talks about Elvish derivations and vocabulary and remembers his visit to the set of the “The Lord of the Rings” movie.
In Connie Willis' world, historians can actually go to the past to study.
Brian Smith tells Jim about his family’s “Recycled Christmas.” None of the gifts could be new, and the only gift wrap allowed was old newspaper. He says that Christmas was one of his best ever.
Jon Ronson's Dangerous Idea -- Can Too Much Christmas Drive Kids to Kill?
FMA Live! is a multi-media theatrical presentation that tours schools using a hip hop beat to teach Newton's Three Laws of Motion.
<p>Novelist, actor, screenwriter and playwright Ayad Akhtar talks about growing up in a Pakistani-American household in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</p>
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