Sarah Manguso recommends "Mes Amis" by Emmanuel Bove.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Anthropologist Alia Gurtov was one of the first people to crawl into the Dinaledi Chamber to see the Homo naledi fossils. She describes the harrowing climb into the cave, where she had to crawl through tiny passages to retrieve the bones.
Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped in Somalia and held for 460 days. She believes the key to her survival and healing is learning to forgive her kidnappers.
Deborah Pardes is the founder of the SIBL Project. SIBL stands for Songs Inspired by Literature.
The late Christopher Hitchens was one of the most controversial journalists and public intellectuals of recent years. In this conversation, he talks about his memoir "Hitch 22" and the role of intellectuals.
A self-described "guilty liberal," Colin Beavan began blogging about his and his wife's experiment in "no impact living."
Brett Milano talks with Steve Paulson about why some people are obsessed with vinyl recordings.
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