If you think the American middle class has it bad, consider life in debt-ridden Italy or Greece. Best-selling financial writer Michael Lewis portrays the downfall of several European countries with his usual verve, in Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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So romance is about attraction, about intimacy, and sometimes about sex. Sometimes, it's also about love. And love is all around.
Chang's new novel follows the lives of students and one particular professor in a creative writing program in the Midwest.
Millard Kaufman has a long string of successes, including two Oscar nominations as a screen writer. He tells Jim Fleming why he decided to take on a new kind of writing.
Joan Richards teaches the history of mathematics at Brown University. Her book chronicles how her faith in mathematical laws was shaken when her son suffered a seizure.
Lera Auerbach's obsession with time has impacted her life in music. We hear examples of her literary and musical achievements.
The question isn't "seen any good movies lately?" but instead "experienced any good paratexts lately?"
Actor/writer/comedian John McGivern grew up gay in a Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here he shares some of his holiday memories.
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