Samuel R. Delany has been described as "American science fiction's most consistently brilliant and inventive writer." Delany's non-fiction includes the essay collection, "The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction." He talked to Steve Paulson about his love of language.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sue Halpern spent five years subjecting herself to every memory test and brain imaging technique she could find.
Did you know plants see, smell and communicate with neighboring plants? And have both long and short term memory? Plant geneticist Daniel Chamovitz describes the complex world of plant life.
Shirley Cunningham is a former nun and the author of “Chasing God.” She tells Steve Paulson about her spiritual quest for feminine images of the Divine, including the Black Madonna.
Thomas Glave is a young, Black, gay writer who’s lived in New York and Jamaica. Glave tells Jim Fleming that he tries to understand and identify with all of his characters.
Historian William Dalrymple tells Steve Paulson that the British weren't the masters of India when they first arrived. The Mughals were.
The number one selling gospel artist last year is also a lightning rod in the Black Church.
Americans are still fighting over the legacy of the Vietnam War, but one perspective is missing: the Vietnamese experience. Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen provides a Vietnamese perspective.
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