Chandler Burr's new book explains Luca Turin’s theory of how we smell and recounts his amazing ability to recognize the odor of particular molecules.
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David Gewirtzman is a Holocaust survivor from Poland. Jacqueline Murekatete is a University student who lived through the tribal massacres in Rwanda. The two tour together speaking about the horrors of genocide.
It sometimes seems as though everyone has read "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and the books that followed. The author, Stieg Larsson, died before he could tell the stories behind the books. Now his companion of more than 30 years, Eva Gabrielsson, has written about the man and his work. In this NEW and UNCUT interview she tells Jim Fleming about the books and her life with Stieg Larsson.
In her new memoir, "Ongoingness," Sarah Manguso talks about how keeping a diary—so often considered a virture—for her became a vice. But her obsessive diary keeping changed with the birth of her first child.
The asexual movement calls into question everything you thought you knew about love and romance. We talk with David Jay, founder of AVEN, the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network.
Barry Unsworth says that the layers of history are tangible on Crete, and talks about some of the island’s mythic figures.
David Schmader thinks "Showgirls" is the most brilliant bad movie ever made. He did a commentary for the new DVD edition and tells Steve Paulson why it's so hilarious.
Frank Rich tells Jim Fleming that the Broadway musicals of his childhood were all about dysfunctional families and helped him cope with his own difficult family situation.
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