Richard Nelson hikes through the Alaskan wilderness recording sounds you can't hear anywhere else, and he plays excerpts during this conversation with Anne Strainchamps.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Mark Anthony Neal considers himself a feminist and thinks that the traditional stereotypes of the Strong Black Man have contributed to the problems that Black men face today.
Joan Richards teaches the history of mathematics at Brown University. Her book chronicles how her faith in mathematical laws was shaken when her son suffered a seizure.
Paul Beatty recommends a novel by German-Jewish Holocaust survivor Edgar Hilsenrath.
Meghan O'Rourke wonders if there's a better way to be bereaved in an essay called "Good Grief" which recently appeared in the New Yorker.
Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of several novels and two collections of widely anthologized short stories...
The question isn't "seen any good movies lately?" but instead "experienced any good paratexts lately?"
Robert Greenwald supports the Obama administration but thinks they're dead wrong about Afghanistan.
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