As a child, Michael Ondaatje took a long ocean voyage from Sri Lanka to England. This is the seed of his novel "The Cat's Table." He talks with Jim Fleming about the fine line between fiction and memoir.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid) talks to Anne Strainchamps about his book, "Rhythm Science," and how the art of music sampling relates to plagiarism.
Meg Graham is the co-author (with Alec Shuldiner) of “Corning and the Craft of Innovation.” She says that Corning has a long tradition of nurturing innovation and accommodating eccentricity.
Lucy Kaylin tells Steve Paulson that the average age of American nuns is seventy, and that many orders are folding.
Jane Juska was 67 when she placed a personal ad in the NY Review of Books looking for good sex with a man she liked.
Julia Mickenberg tells Steve that some of the best known children's book writers were longtime political radicals.
Peter T. Kilborn talks about the "new rootless professional class" that consists of mid-level managers and executives who move every few years (sometimes enormous distances, or to foreign countries) to advance their careers.
Karl Taro Greenfeld tells Jim Fleming he's never had a conversation with his brother.
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