Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison remembers her childhood in Ohio.
For Robert Farris Thompson, the most beautiful, intimate and passionate of dances is Argentine tango.
William Gibson talks about coining the word "cyberspace" to use in his fiction.
The Oxford English Dictionary was created in 1857, and was expected to be finished within ten years. The first edition was finally completed 71 years later.
Steven Connor says there's much more to ventriloquism than exchanging quips with a wooden dummy. He tells Anne Strainchamps that a lot of this history has to do with the disembodied voice.
Robin Swicord wrote and directed "The Jane Austen Book Club." She talks with Anne Strainchamps.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is making its way up the best-seller lists for a reason — it's a fascinating blend of magic and art, with the allure of the circus and the tempered reality of dreams.
Susan Hirschmann is a legendary children's book editor and founder of Greenwillow Books.