Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist whose book "Half of A Yellow Sun" is set during the period of civil violence surrounding the creation of Biafra.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Audio
Daniel Tammet has memorized the number pi into the tens of thousands of digits. He's learned new languages in a few weeks. He describes the gift - and the burden - of being an autistic savant.
Ersi Arvizu tells Jim Fleming about growing up longing to get involved in the sport of boxing. Her dad ran a boxing gym for boys in their backyard.
Ariel Levy tells Anne Strainchamps we are living in a Feminist’s nightmare.
Coleman Barks has made it his life's work to translate the poetry of 13th century mystic and poet Rumi.
David Ferris is the director of the Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project. He tells Anne Strainchamps the project began as a conceptual art project that provided gainful employment to the animals put out of work by the collapse of Thailand's timber industry.
Writer Barbara Fischer tells us the story of how starting a garden saved her life.
Pages
