No matter how much we learn about the brain, Sacks says we may never understand how the mind works. In this interview, he marvels at how the human brain is fine-tuned to respond to music.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Peter Handel reviews mystery novels for Pages magazine. He talks about the rise of interest in mystery writers from such countries as Italy, France, Scotland and Sweden.
Kevin Smokler tells Steve Paulson that the Internet is changing the world of letters but he thinks it’s progress. Smokler sees a welcome democratization of literature.
Michael Chabon defends the position that genre fiction is just as worthy of respect as any other fiction.
Robert Mankoff and Roz Chast talk about what characterized New Yorker cartoons of the past, and how new cartoons are edited at the magazine.
The Olympic Games in Russia are on our minds. In particular, the growing political protests against Russia’s recent anti-gay legislation. Which has us remembering the most famous political protest in Olympics history.
Welcome to a new regular feature: PlayList: Artists' Soundtracks. Today, celebrated Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard shares the music he listened to while writing "My Struggle" -- Midlake's LP, "The Courage of Others."
Liza Dalby is the first Western woman to become a geisha. Dalby tells Steve Paulson what being a geisha means and explains why modern women have trouble wearing kimonos.
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