Amy Tan shares her love for Nabokov's "Lolita."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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When evangelical Christians say they talk to God, what do they mean? Anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann wanted to find out, so she spent two years as a participant observer in a Charismatic church, talking to the congregation and even praying herself. She says prayer involves cultivating the imagination. Luhrmann also describes her cross-cultural study of schizophrenics who hear voices.
Playwright and actress Anna Deveare Smith tells Steve Paulson about her book “Talk To Me: Listening Between the Lines.” Smith did over 400 interviews with Washington residents, including President Clinton.
The celebrated poet Edward Hirsch says the history of poetry is the history of poetic forms. And to prove it he wrote a 700-page compendium about all things poetry.
In 2011, as a relatively unknown writer, Hugh Howey released a dystopian science fiction novella on the internet. Readers loved it and clamored for more. Before any print copies had even been published, Howey's WOOL series sold hundeds of thousands of copies, earning him a small fortune. He believes that self-publishing is the future for lots of writers.
Alan Dale tells Anne Strainchamps how he came to love physical comedy and reflects on some of his favorite on-screen bits.
Anne DIck, Philip K. Dick's third wife, talks about their relationship.
Veterinarian Allen Schoen is the author of “Kindred Spirits.” He talks with Jim Fleming and makes the case for animal consciousness.
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