David Hajdu is the author of “Positively Fourth Street,” a book about Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and the folk/protest music scene of the 1960s.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Doug Gordon profiles Cole’s notes, the Canadian inspiration for America’s CliffsNotes.
Jim Fleming interviews Brian Greene before a live audience at Borders Booksellers in Madison, Wisconsin. They talk about the lasting significance of Albert Einstein, and Greene answers questions from the audience.
Chris Turner is the author of “Planet Simpson: How A Carton Masterpiece Defined A Generation.”
Ralph Nader's Dangerous Idea? Drafting the children and grandchildren of elected representatives.
Thomas Hardy's biographer tells Steve Paulson how his wife's death transformed the rest of Hardy's life.
If you’re old enough, you’ll remember the Monkees, the pop group with a hit TV show. Michael Nesmith wore the green stocking cap. Since then, he’s reinvented his career several times over. He (sort of) invented country rock. And the music video.
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