Did you know nature is good for you? Richard Louv can cite studies that show crime rates go up in cities with less green space.
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Joyce Tenneson is a portrait photographer whose new book is a collection of flower photos. Her work celebrates flowers at every stage of their life cycle.
Marjane Satrapi talks about the intimate lives of women in Iran and the conflicts created around the issue of sexuality by patriarchy and fundamentalist Islam.
Lucasta Miller says that the Bronte sisters cultivated their image as lonely geniuses living in isolation but had to accept the real limitations imposed on women by society.
Jay Parini is a poet, novelist and teacher. He's also the author of "Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America." He tells Jim Fleming that his is not a list of "great books" but rather books that significantly changed the literary climate of American culture.
Meg Gaines is an attorney who was diagnosed in 1994 with terminal, inoperable ovarian cancer. She is now cancer free.
How painting radium on watches and instrument dials killed more than 50 young women working in Ottawa, Illinois.
Canadian journalist Naomi Klein, author of “No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Name Bullies,” talks about the day brand names were left for dead on Wall Street.
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