Karen Joy Fowler bookmarks "Dazzle of Day" by Molly Gloss.
Dalton Conley grew up in the housing projects of New York's lower East Side. But he went to school in a wealthy white neighborhood.
Brian Turtle tells Steve Paulson how he came up with the game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" and plays a few rounds with Steve.
Frank Kermode tells Steve Paulson that Shakespeare revolutionized the English language and worked within a culture that got most of its information from listening.
Katha Pollitt's Dangerous Idea? Your child is not a special snowflake.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali may be the world’s most famous critic of Islam. Born a Muslim, Hirsi Ali fled to the Netherlands where she eventually became a member of Parliament...
Emily Rapp had her foot amputated when she was 4, and the rest of the leg at age 8.
In his book "Back to Our Future" David Sirota says the proof is in the staying power of 80s pop culture.