Part memoir, part comic and part activity book, "What It is" reflects Lynda Barry's belief that everyone is an artist and has stories to tell.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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John Perkins tells Steve Paulson that he was recruited by the NSA and lived a life of privilege and decadence until he got out of the foreign aid business.
Micah Sifry tells Jim Fleming how the United States became largely a two party state, and what benefits a third party can provide.
Oscar Hijuelos is the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature for his book "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love." His memoir is called "Thoughts Without Cigarettes."
Robert Laughlin tells Steve Paulson that physicists are an eccentric bunch. He should know.
Lev Grossman talks about his novel, "The Magicians," with Anne Strainchamps. It's the story of a young man who discovers magic is real, not that it makes his life any less complicated.
Cape Breton fiddler Natalie McMaster says that she’s been step dancing and playing the fiddle since she was a child.
Sacks had a particular fascination with the ways our brains can play tricks on our vision. He also reveals his own lifelong struggle to recognize the faces of other people.
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