Steve Kissing was sure he was possessed by the devil. He kept it secret for years. The truth emerged when he had a seizure and woke up in an ambulance: he had epilepsy.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Audio
Poet Christian Wiman says being diagnosed with cancer - and falling in love - spurred him to write.
In this conversation with Jim Fleming, he reads poems throbbing with life, and talks about finding future.
An audio installation that gives tropical plants the tools to play synthesizers, allowing people to experience biorhythms as live music.
A big cat biologist goes on a blind date. It doesn't go well. Writer Ben Hoffman reads from a work in progress.
Toni Morrison may be a Nobel Laureate, but she still gets labeled a “Black woman writer.” She talks about her childhood and how the Civil Rights Movement magnified class differences.
Roy Blount Jr. is a humorist, word maven and the author of "Alphabet Juice"...
Operatic bass Samuel Ramey tells Anne Strainchamps about his various devil roles and why he likes singing them.
Steven Kaplan is a historian of bread. He’s famous in France as the American who told them their bread wasn’t good enough.
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