We’re all looking for something. All of us. Some of us are seeking God. Others, we’re seeking fame and fortune. But Hmong teenager Dao Chang was looking for something that you can usually find close to home - her mother.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Dominique Lapierre talks about “Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster.” He says thousands of people died because they fled in the wrong direction.
Etienne Van Heerdon tells Steve Paulson that many of his fellow writers are obsessed with his country’s history and that they could always say things in fiction that they could never get away with in journalism.
Filmmaker Werner Herzog bookmarks "The Peregrine" by J.A. Baker,
As water becomes a scare resource, how about taxing everyone for the water they use? That's Michal Charles Moore's dangerous idea.
Chris Ayres was more comfortable reporting on celebrities in Hollywood when the Times of London sent him to Iraq.
Ecstatic dance can help us transcend our day-to-day lives. TTBOOK producer Sara Nics describes her own experience of ecstatic dance - grounded in her body, feeling bliss without invoking God or any larger meaning.
Brendan Halpin tells Steve Paulson about his early days as a teacher and why he stuck it out for several years.
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