Lorrie Moore has a new collection of short stories. She tells Steve Paulson that life is filled with absurdity; ghost stories are great fodder for fiction; and North America now owns the short story.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Historian Michael Kammen tells Anne Strainchamps that the social distinctions between high-brow and low-brow culture are not as important as they once were.
Susan Tom has adopted a dozen or so special needs children, plus has two of her own. Jonathan Karsh has made a film about her family called “My Flesh and Blood.”
Jeanne Boylan, America’s most innovative forensic artist talks with Jim Fleming about the importance of not contaminating eye witness memories.
Julia Mickenberg tells Steve that some of the best known children's book writers were longtime political radicals.
Jill Lepore does a reality check on Tea Party claims to the founding fathers.
Linda Gray Sexton describes in vivid detail her own, lifelong battle against depression and suicide.
Mikael Niemi is the author of “Popular Music from Vittula,” the single best-selling book in Swedish history.
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