No one doubts memory is one of the things that shapes our sense of self, but is there a science of self?
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Charles Yu is the author of a critically acclaimed new novel, "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe."
Diederick Van Eck talks about Vincent Van Gogh's paintings as his inspiration for his album "Van Gogh by Van Eck".
Novelist Elif Shafak talks with Jim Fleming about the controversial concept of insulting Turkishness and the death of newspaper editor Hrant Dink
You wouldn’t think the novel “Lolita” would go over big in an underground women’s book club in Tehran. But literature, like the people who read it, has a way of surprising you. Azar Nafizi is the author of the celebrated memoir “Reading Lolita in Tehran.”
The last word goes to Dr. Seuss. His Sneetches found out the hard way about trying to follow the latest fads.
Novelist Erin Morgenstern has written a dark fairy tale for adults. At the center of the novel is a magical circus.
On a foggy summer night, eleven people depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet bound for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the plane plunges into the ocean and only two people survive. This is how the new novel, "Before the Fall," opens. It's one of the best suspense novels of the year. The author is Noah Hawley, who's made a name for himself as the executive producer and writer of the award-winning TV series, "Fargo." And yes, "Fargo" is inspired by the Coen Brothers' film of the same name.
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