Lorrie Moore has a new collection of short stories. She tells Steve Paulson that life is filled with absurdity; ghost stories are great fodder for fiction; and North America now owns the short story.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Charles R. Cross talks about his book, "Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain."
Jon Ronson was assigned by The Guardian newspaper to find out how easy it would be to build a dirty bomb. So he did.
Novelist Peter Carey talks about the trip he describes in his book “Wrong about Japan: A Father’s Journey with His Son.” Carey took his then 12 year old son Charley to meet directors of Japanese anime films and creators of manga comics
Len Fisher talks with Anne Strainchamps about "swarm intelligence" and how it differs from "group think."
Linda Gray Sexton describes in vivid detail her own, lifelong battle against depression and suicide.
Would you like to sharpen your memory? Science writer Joshua Foer tells you how to build an elaborate memory palace.
Thomas Lauderdale talks about his "little orchestra," Pink Martini.
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