Jane Hamilton tells Anne Strainchamps the inspiration for her latest book came when she was teaching a writing workshop on a cruise ship.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Natalie Goldberg tells Jim Fleming that people who want to become writers should just write, and find themselves a writing mentor.
Mark Helprin reads from his new book, “The Pacific and Other Stories,” and talks with Jim Fleming about what really matters in life: courage, integrity, compassion.
If traditional religion has lost its luster, where do you find sacred experiences? Anthropologist Erik Davis goes looking around the edges of contemporary culture - from Burning Man and trance music to psychedelics.
Nick Abadzis is the author of a graphic novel called "Laika." She was the little dog the Russians sent up into space aboard Sputnik II.
Jonathan Lethem talks to Steve Paulson about "The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick." The book is based on thousands of pages of notes and journal entries that the legendary science-fiction writer, Dick, kept after a series of visionary experiences.
Lynn Hershman Leeson is a pioneering artist and film-maker. Hershman Leeson talks to Anne Strainchamps about how she explores the theme of identity in her art.
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