Novelist Gary Shteyngart recommends one of his favorite reads: "Jernigan" by David Gates.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Colin Meloy likes to lose himself in music. He’s the songwriter and lead singer of a band called The Decemberists.
Nature writer David Quammen has written a book called “Monster of God.” It’s about man-eating predators. Quammen says that such beasts have often been worshiped but the habitats are being encroached on by development.
Don Lattin says the whole strange trip started when Leary swallowed some magic mushrooms in Mexico in 1960.
DEVO co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh recommends "Editions of You" from Roxy Music’s 1973 album, "For Your Pleasure."
Eddie Lenihan tells a story told to him by the foreman of a road construction crew in Ireland.
Writer Dan Chaon talks about his new book of non-supernatural ghost stories, "Stay Awake."
Dave Foreman started as a lobbyist for the Wilderness Society in the 1970s. Then he became a radical and co-founded Earth First! becoming America's most admired and notorious environmentalist.
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