Pulitzer prize-winning poet Gary Snyder reflects on what it means to be a Buddhist animist, his Zen training in Japan, the meaning of gratitude, and the importance of exploring "the wild areas of the mind."
Pulitzer prize-winning poet Gary Snyder reflects on what it means to be a Buddhist animist, his Zen training in Japan, the meaning of gratitude, and the importance of exploring "the wild areas of the mind."
Historian Guy Beiner is interested in how folk memory of events differs from the historical record.
Holly Black tells Anne Strainchamps what she thinks children get out of reading about magic or alternative realities.
Graeme Gibson talks with Jim Fleming about his collection of bird literature and lore called "The Bedside Book of Birds."
New York Times science writer George Johnson walks Steve Paulson through the weird world of quantum mechanics and speculates about building quantum computers.
Hayley (Morgan) DiMarco developed “Extreme for Jesus” for a small publisher of Bibles. There are now more than 30 books for teens and the brand does ten million dollars a year
A few years ago, Wisconsin Public Radio producer Cynthia Woodland sat down with Anthony Cooper and his sons -- 13-year-told Akheem and 14-year-old Anthony Jr. -- to talk about the challenges of being a black teen in America.