Claire Tomalin has written a biography of nineteenth century novelist Thomas Hardy which reveals that he thought of himself as primarily a poet.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Donovan Campbell commanded a platoon of Marines in Ramadi. He tells Steve Paulson that to understand the events of April 6, you have to know what went on the night before.
Irish poet Dennis O'Driscoll has eight books of poetry. The latest one is "New and Selected Poems."
Carl Honore talks with Anne Strainchamps about how the Slowness movement got started and how it's developed into a revolution.
Writer Edmund White looks back over 50 years of gay love and liberation. Although married, White has resisted what he calls “gay assimilation”. He talks about the politics of gay sex and promiscuity.
Fred Pearce tells Steve Paulson he went to over 30 countries and discovered people are simply taking too much water out of the world's river systems.
His job for the New York Times is to troll the internet for new and noteworthy words. What do these words tell us about the times we live in?
She was born in Somali, settled in the Netherlands and was elected to the Dutch Parliament. She says that her fierce criticism of religion grows out of her own shattering personal experience.
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