Sarah Manguso recommends "Mes Amis" by Emmanuel Bove.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Chris Bachelder's novel “U.S.!” uses as its central character early 20th century novelist Upton Sinclair...
Fernanda Eberstadt talks with Steve Paulson about the gypsy community of Perpignan. They’ve lived in this southern French city for some 500 years but don’t consider themselves French.
Christopher Woodward talks with Steve Paulson about the English mania for ruins and why they inspired the Romantic poets. Woodward’s book is “In Ruins.”
Copernicus changed the world with his revolutionary idea that the sun, not the Earth, is the center of our solar system. Dava Sobel tells us why this momentous discovery wasn't easy for Copernicus himself.
Choreogapher Bill T. Jones recommends Lawrence Weschler's "Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees."
After a quick look back at Neo-conservative Richard Perle's 2003 justification for war with Iraq, Steve Paulson talks with Douglas Feith about decision-making in the wake of 9/ll.
You're either funny, or you're not. Right?
At Chicago's Second City training center, you can learn to get more giggle.
Matt Hovde runs the training center, and gives us a crash course in comedy.
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