Last summer's sleeper hit was a book by David Wroblewski called "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle." Wroblewski reads from his novel and talks with Jim Fleming about his life in Wisconsin as the child of a family who raised dogs.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Social networking takes a dark turn in this story by J.M. Perkins.
Contemplating the multiverse is mind-blowing, but if you want a truly earth-shattering controversy in physics, you have to go back 500 years to Copernicus' radical theory. Dava Sobel tells his story.
The future of farming may be up in the air -- literally. Microbiologist Dickson Despommier's concept of skyscraper farming has excited scientists, architects and politicians. Could multi-story farms solve the global hunger problem?
Michelle Wildgen recommends "Crossing to Safety" by Wallace Stegner.
Physicist Michio Kaku's Dangerous Idea? A virtual "library of souls."
Dr. Bill Bass is a forensic anthropologist and founder of The Body Farm at the University of Tennessee. It’s the one place in the world devoted to the study of human decomposition.
Storyteller Carolyn McVickar Edwards has a lovely little collection called "In the Light on the Moon."
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