Azar Nafisi reads from her memoir "Things I've Been Silent About." She created a sensation with her book "Reading Lolita in Tehran."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Poet Steve Roggenbuck BookMarks "Feminism is for Everybody" by Bell Hooks.
TTBOOK Technical Director Caryl Owen explains why she’s always been fascinated by rocks and the language of geology.
Ok, take a breath. Close your eyes. Recall the home of your childhood. Can you smell the cookies in the kitchen? Can you open a drawer in your bedroom? Do you see the sunlight through a window? Every building has a story. . . And not only a story, every building has a sound. Many sounds actually.
China Miéville´s new novel is called "Embassytown." It features aliens that speak a strange language in a strange way -- with two voices simultaneously. Miéville spoke with Anne Strainchamps about "Embassytown."
Douglas Quin is an award-winning sound designer, naturalist and composer. His latest project is called "Fathom."
David Plotz is the editor of Slate Magazine (slate.com) and the author of "Good Book."
Anthropologist Cynthia Mahmood is among the few Westerners who’s actually spent time talking with Islamic terrorists on their turf.
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