Xinran hosted a call-in radio program in Beijing which for eight years told the heart-rending true stories of women’s lives in China.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Alena Graedon's debut novel is an intellectual thriller set in the near future. Print is dead, words have been monetized, and a "word flu" is running rampant. The book is called "The Word Exchange."
Sean Pica is the executive director of Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, a degree granting program out of Sing-Sing Prison in New York State. It's full-circle for Pica who was convicted and served time for a crime he committed as a teenager.
Terri Jentz is the author of "Strange Piece of Paradise: A Return to the American West to Investigate My Attempted Murder - and Solve the Riddle of Myself," talks with Anne Strainchamps.
Simon Winchester tells Jim Fleming about the life of William Smith and his struggle to create the world's first geological map.
Jim Fleming talks with novelist Wesley Stace. He explains why "Tristram Shandy" is one of his favorite books.
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a biologist, a writer, and a member of the Potawatomi nation. In her essay collection, "Braiding Sweetgrass," she weaves scientific knowledge and indigenous wisdom into a deeper understanding of the nature of plant life.
Tom Key wrote and performs a one man play called “C.S. Lewis On Stage.”
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