Christa Weil talks about eating national dishes like putrefied shark meat and her curious experience eating blow fish in Japan.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Emily Parker bookmarks Mario Vargas Llosa's "Conversation in the Cathedral."
Elaine Scarry's a defender of beauty. She says not only does beauty thrill and compel us, it also inspires us to make the world more just. Here's our extended interview with her.
Cory Doctorow is a writer and digital activist who works to defend electronic freedom.
Carolin Emcke tells Steve Paulson that what war survivors ask for most often is the chance to tell her their stories.
Fleda Brown, poet laureate of Delaware reads some of her poems and talks with Steve Paulson.
Bruce Campbell, (to his chagrin) still best known as “Ash” from “The Evil Dead” movies, talks with Jim Fleming about his memoir, “If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor.”
These days, it seems motherhood has become a struggle just to stay on top of the latest self-help trend.
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