Information overload seems to be the quintessential 21st century problem. Actually, people have worried about this for centuries, going back to the ancient Romans. Ann Blair provides a short history of information-gathering.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif tells Steve Paulson about the minimal lasting impact of the British occupation of her country, and why she lives and writes in Britain.
Doug Dorst talks about "S.," the novel-within-another-novel that he wrote based on a concept by producer and director J.J. Abrams.
“Alif the Unseen” is steeped in an old tradition. It’s a book of magic about a book of magic.
A. Scott Berg is the author of “Kate Remembered.” The book is a biography of Katherine Hepburn in the form of a memoir of the author’s twenty year friendship with the actress.
Anne DIck, Philip K. Dick's third wife, talks about their relationship.
Field biologist Alan Rabinowitz has spent decades studying tigers and leopards in Thailand. His book “Beyond the Last Village,” recounts his time in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma.)
The third place winner in our 3 Minute Futures flash fiction contest is Jedediah Berry's story, "Dogs in the Snow."
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