In this extended interview, literary scholar Rob Nixon explains why he recently re-read all of Carson’s writing, and says her legacy endures – from her warnings about environmental toxins in “Silent Spring” to her lyrical essays about the wonder of oceans.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Louis Colaianni thinks anyone can be taught to speak Shakespeare. He gives Anne Strainchamps a lesson using the introduction to “Romeo and Juliet.”
Mike Hoyt is Executive Editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. He encouraged his staff to question embedded reporters about the embed system and the war.
Martha Bayles talks with Anne Strainchamps about why we love war movies and what messages they send.
Mandaza Kandemwa is widely recognized in Southern Africa as a traditional healer.
Pattie Boyd was a young model in London when she met and married George Harrison. Eric Clapton courted her while she was still married to Harrison, and both of them wrote songs for her.
Here's our final poem to share for this National Poetry Month, Jim reading Max Garland's "A Lesson in Love."
Robert Fuller is the author of "Wonder" - the first in-depth look at one of humanity's most important emotions.
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