The best-selling Turkish novelist Elif Shafak was put on trial ten years ago for "insulting Turkishness". She says the political climate in Turkey is more polarized than ever today, and even riskier for writers. She also believes fiction can help heal divided cultures.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Cheng-Sim Lim knows her kung—fu movies. She’s the curator of “Heroic Grace: The Chinese Martial Arts Film” at UCLA’S Film and Television archive
Veronica Rueckert took a crash course from DJ Puzzle (Jason Donnelly) and talked to Stephen Weber.
Erin McKean talks with Anne Strainchamps about the pleasures of strange words like “squintefego” and “limiculous.”
Is the experience of wonder always unexpected? Or can we create opportunities for wonder?
Internationally acclaimed sound, video and installation artist Janet Cardiff weighs in.
You can also hear the extended interview with Cardiff here.
Peter Edelman's Dangerous Idea? Putting people to work doing things we need done.
Houston's Rothko Chapel is a shrine to the transformative power of art. Abstract artist Mark Rothko created 14 enormous paintings for this sacred space. Pianist Sarah Rothenberg tells us the history behind the music on her CD "Rothko Chapel," and writer Terry Tempest Williams describes her reverence for the Rothko Chapel.
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