Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of several novels and two collections of widely anthologized short stories...
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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A 93 year old bee-keeping Sherlock Holmes gets embroiled with the son of a former client in Japan, and forges a relationship with his new housekeeper's son.
The question isn't "seen any good movies lately?" but instead "experienced any good paratexts lately?"
Kent Walker is the son of Sante Kimes, who is currently incarcerated for the murder of a New York woman. Walker is the author of a memoir called “Son of A Grifter.”
Poet Naomi Shihab Nye talks with Anne Strainchamps about the effects of the violence in Iraq and the Middle-East on the children who see it everyday.
Self portraits certainly aren't new. Artists have been making them for centuries. And not just because painting or drawing yourself is easier than finding a model. Here's art historian James Hall.
Jill Sprecher is an optimist while her sister Karen is a pessimist. Or is it the other way around? Jill directed “Thirteen Conversations About One Thing” while Karen wrote the screenplay.
Joe Davis, Adam Zaretsky and Oron Catts make bioart - art objects that include living tissue or organisms. They tell Steve Paulson about their work.
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