David Shields talks with Anne Strainchamps about his book, which is a meditation on how our bodies decay and die, and his irrepressible father who is 97 and who doesn't give death the time of day.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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What makes Cuban music so distinctive? Radio host Jonathan Overby describes its history, which blends African rhythms with Spanish elegance.
Derick Burleson won the Felix Pollack Prize for his collection of poems about Rwanda, called "Ejo."
Brad Hirschfield was once a religious fanatic. He was one of a small number of Jewish settlers living in Hebron, in the middle of thousands of Palestinians.
Doug Peacock's Dangerous Idea? We need to save the planet before it's too late.
Danny Wallace decided to say “yes” to everything for a year. He tells Steve Paulson why, and what happened...
Frederick Turner is the author of “1929: a Novel of the Jazz Age.” Turner reads from the book and talks with Steve Paulson about its central character, Bix Beiderbeck.
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