Marilynne Robinson is from Idaho, although she's spent years of her life on the East Coast. The Western character is something Robinson has never let go of, it still informs her life and her writing today.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Patrick Hennessey tells Jim Fleming about his war service in Iraq and Afghanistan and the role that books played in his life as a soldier.
Jeremy Spear made a documentary film called “Fastpitch” about the world of professional fastpitch softball.
Charles Monroe-Kane prepared a profile of singer/songwriter Neko Case, a country singer who's haunted by the American Dream.
The State Department used jazz musicians as a weapon in the cold war to win hearts and minds in the Third World. Louis Armstrong, Dizy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Dave Brubek were among the so-called "jazz ambassadors."
Jonah Lehrer talks about his new book, "Imagine: How Creativity Works."
Karen Armstrong is a historian of religion. Her latest book is "The Case for God."
Linda Lear tells Jim Fleming that the creator of Peter Rabbit could have been a scientist.
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