Amy Gorman is the author of "Aging Artfully," a book with 12 profiles of visual and performing women artists between the ages of 85 and 105.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Alexandra Fuller was the child of white farmers in the former Rhodesia. Her memoir is called “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood.”
Andre De Shields talks to Jim Fleming about his mission to win new roles for black actors, roles that are traditionally reserved for white actors.
Much of what we think about Karl Marx is wrong, according to cultural critic Terry Eagleton. And he says Marx admired capitalism, though he was also its most trenchant critic.
Chronic homelessness can seem like an intractable problem in America, but there's a new experiment going on across the country that's offering a bold new solution. The answer? Give people homes without any preconditions attached. It's called Housing First, and it's changing the way social workers think about homelesness.
Alan Doyle is the lead singer of the band Great Big Sea. He stopped by our studios to talk about the ins and outs of his first solo album, "Boy on Bridge."
Anne Strainchamps reports on the current spate of Christian thrillers which involve cloning Christ.
Celebrated poet, playwright and activist Amiri Baraka wrote the foreword to the book, "This Planet Is Doomed: The Science Fiction Poetry of Sun Ra." He spoke to Steve Paulson about Sun Ra's music and poetry.
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