Steven Moore tells Steve Paulson about our rich history of experimental fiction.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Reinhold Messner is arguably the world’s greatest living mountaineer. He’s climbed 14 of the world’s tallest peaks, and if that isn’t impressive enough, he was the first to climb Mt. Everest alone and without supplemental oxygen. He recounts some of these adventures in a new book called “Reinhold Messner: My Life at the Limit.” Steve Paulson caught up with him and asked how he got hooked on climbing.
S.T. Joshi says Lovecraft was always interested in pure science and has many imitators among contemporary writers.
Novelist Susan Vreeland tells Anne Strainchamps she remembers painting with her grandfather and that she renewed her interest in painting during a bout with cancer.
Stacy Holman Jones is the author of "Torch Singing." She loves the music, but as an avowed feminist.
Sheenagh Pugh talked to Anne Strainchamps about sequels, but in her case the sequels are written by fans.
Anthropologist Scott Atran has spent a decade interviewing jailed suicide bombers and jihadist military leaders. He says religious terrorists are motivated by the many of the same human values celebrated in every culture: brotherhood, loyalty, and the dream of a better world.
For a lot of people, Albert Camus remains an essential writer. His philosophy of the absurd resonates with our struggle to find meaning in life. He also wrote eloquently about national identity and terrorism. Here we reflect on Camus’ life and enduring legacy.
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