Art Spiegelman's new book is “In the Shadow of No Towers” in which he recounts his very personal response to 9-11.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Essayist Beverly Lapp explains what "The Star Spangled Banner" means to her as a Mennonite.
Christopher Paul Curtis tells Judith Strasser why he writes historical fiction, and how he moved from hanging doors on a factory floor to becoming a writer.
Colson Whitehead talks to Steve Paulson about his take on the post-apocalyptic zombie novel, "Zone One."
No one expected the latest inspiration: "Ed Gein: The Musical."
David Shields talks with Anne Strainchamps about his book, which is a meditation on how our bodies decay and die, and his irrepressible father who is 97 and who doesn't give death the time of day.
Commentator Aubrey Ralph is bipolar, and says he has been living in a storm for most of his life...
Artist Neil Harbisson was born greyscale colorblind. He says he liked seeing only in shades of black and white, but he still wanted to experience color. So he developed an implant that would help him hear colors well beyond the normal human spectrum, from ultraviolet to infrareds.
In this extended conversation, Neil talks about the art he makes with his new sense, and about the challenges of living cyborg.
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