Carlos Eire has written a memoir about the Cuba he remembers. Castro came to power when Carlos was eight. Eire tells Jim Fleming about his childhood in Cuba and after he was air-lifted to the U.S. His memoir is called “Waiting for Snow in Havana.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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The end of money. Really? Are we really on the verge of a coming cashless society?
Poet Fleda Brown reads her poem "For My Daughter's 40th Birthday."
John Cheever wrote hundreds of short stories and kept an extensive private journal, fabricated his accent and was primarily gay despite siring three children and remaining in a long marriage. We hear about his life from Blake Bailey, who wrote a biography on the great author.
Charles Siebert provides a version of an essay he wrote for the New York Times Magazine about the ironies of the human longing to keep wild creatures close to us.
Aram Sinnreich is the author of "Mashed Up: Music, Technology, and the Rise of Configurable Culture." He talks with Anne Strainchamps about what he means by configurable culture.
Playwright and actor Eric Bogosian has written a novel, “Mall.” It’s a satire about the suburbs involving the activities of several unappealing characters who interact at the local mall.
Azhar Usman is a Muslim stand-up comic and part of the "Allah Made Me Funny" Comedy Troupe. He tells Jim Fleming that he sees himself as belonging to a long tradition of socially conscious comedians.
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