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.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Earl Scruggs talks with Steve Paulson about his long history in blue grass and country music.
Take a quick trip through some classic songs of loneliness, from the Stanley Brothers, Roy Orbison and others, and we hear them all.
Music journalist Charles R. Cross shares one of his favorite forgotten albums from The Sonics.
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
Chuck Close, a painter famous for his huge canvases and his uncanny ability to portray his subjects with almost photographic realism. He has a neurological condition that prevents him from recognizing people's faces.
Charles Duhigg bookmarks "The Children" by David Haberstam.
Doug Gordon profiles Cole’s notes, the Canadian inspiration for America’s CliffsNotes.
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