Mark Haddon is the author of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Haddon narrates the story from the point of view of his hero, who is a fifteen year old boy with Asperger Syndrome.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Legendary Knopf editor Judith Jones reflects on Julia Child and her influence on cooking in the U.S. She writes about their friendship In her own memoir, "The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food.”
Anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann's Dangerous Idea? To be better adjusted, change the way you think about thinking.
Can you learn to be more creative? You can if you go to Lynda Barry's workshop on "writing the unthinkable." In this EXTENDED interview, she tells Anne Strainchamps how to unleash our hidden muse.
Michael Brown is an anthropologist and the author of “Who Owns Native Culture?” He talks about some of the legal and constitutional issues involved with controversies around Native American sacred sites and artifacts.
Anthropoligst Anne Allison talks about our love affair with Japanese pop culture.
Owen Flanagan is a philosopher of mind who spends his professional life tackling the so-called "hard problem" of consciousness.
TTBOOK host Jim Fleming reflects on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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