Stephen Marche is the author of "How Shakespeare Changed Everything." He tells Anne Strainchamps why he thinks Shakespeare is the most important figure in history.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Simon Winchester tells Jim Fleming about the life of William Smith and his struggle to create the world's first geological map.
Tamora Pierce tells Anne Strainchamps why she has devoted her career to creating strong female characters who challenge and exceed their societies' expectations of them.
Cats have convinced some of their owners that cats deserve legal citizenship. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Robin Swicord wrote and directed "The Jane Austen Book Club." She talks with Anne Strainchamps.
Susan Hirschmann is a legendary children's book editor and founder of Greenwillow Books.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is making its way up the best-seller lists for a reason — it's a fascinating blend of magic and art, with the allure of the circus and the tempered reality of dreams.
Walter Moskowitz is a tattoo legend. Before he passed away in 2007, he ran the first commercial tattoo parlor on Long Island.
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