Christopher Stewart's “Jungleland”, a book about his adventure in Honduras seraching for La Cuidad Blanca.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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"Gifts make slaves like whips make dogs" is an anthropologist's tale of inter-cultural difference in gift exchanges.
David Graeber takes us on a tour of gift giving, and gift economies. He also takes a swing at the question of whether it's possible to give a truly selfless gift.
Jeff VanderMeer recommends "The Other Side" by Alfred Kubin.
Colson Whitehead talks with Jim Fleming about and reads from “The Colossus of New York: A City in Thirteen Parts,” his literary portrait of New York City.
Emily Gould became an Internet celebrity for her writing on Gawker, a popular New York City blog.
Dan Janzen is one of the world’s leading tropical biologists. He’s discovered some 9,000 species of caterpillars in Costa Rica.
Brian Doherty is the author of "This Is Burning Man." He tells Anne Strainchamps about this annual free-form arts festival in the Nevada desert.
Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International magazine and the author of “The Future of Freedom: Liberal Democracy at Home and Abroad.” He talks about how free elections are not the answer for the third world.
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