Historian Harold Schechter tells Anne Strainchamps that violence has always been an important part of popular entertainment and our ancestors enjoyed truly grisly spectacles.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Greil Marcus tells Steve Paulson that self-invention has been a part of American nationhood since Puritan times.
BookMark: Vikram Chandra reviews “The King Must Die” by Mary Renault.
Elizabeth Gilbert's early mid-life crisis (including a messy divorce) brought her to India to follow in the footsteps of generations of spiritual seekers from the West.
Ryan DeCurtidor brings us this story of a couple breaking up during a mass exodus from Earth.
For all the trend watching and forecasting, it has to be someone’s job to create the future… to come up with something truly new.
For decades, musician and producer Butch Vig has been doing just that. Vig says from the beginning, he wanted to make music that was different from what he was hearing in the mainstream.
Ethan Watters is the author of “Urban Tribes.” Watters says that the TV show “Friends” is a good example of the kind of social group he’s talking about.
Poet Frances Richey calls her latest collection "The Warrior – A Mother's Story of a Son at War."
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