Marilynne Robinson is from Idaho, although she's spent years of her life on the East Coast. The Western character is something Robinson has never let go of, it still informs her life and her writing today.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jonah Lehrer talks about his new book, "Imagine: How Creativity Works."
John Huss is the co-editor, with David Werther, of "Johnny Cash and Philosophy: The Burning Ring of Truth." In the book, 21 philosophers muse about the music of Johnny Cash.
Phillip Pullman tells Steve Paulson that he thinks the process of how children develop into adult, moral people is the most interesting subject there is.
Joyce Carol Oates talks with Jim Fleming about some of the stories in her book “Faithless: Tales of Transgression.”
Mike Hoyt talks with Steve Paulson about an e-mail by a Wall Street Journal correspondent that created a furor within the journalistic community about the role and responsibility of embedded reporters.
Some countries are still struggling for international recognition. Photographer Narayan Mahon talks about his “Lands in Limbo” project – photographs that show what happens to the citizens of a nation that’s denied UN membership.
Rachel Pastan reads from and talks with Steve Paulson about her novel "Lady of the Snakes." The book concerns a young professor of 19th century Russian literature confronted with combining her professional life and motherhood.
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