Christopher Moore talks about untranslatable words.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Art Spiegelman's new book is “In the Shadow of No Towers” in which he recounts his very personal response to 9-11.
Gabe Hudson was a Marine Reservist whose unit served in the Gulf War. Hudson himself didn’t see combat, but based on his friends’ war stories, Hudson has written a book of surreal short stories.
Cecil Brown has researched the true story that gave rise to the Stagolee myth, and explains what the song has meant to various groups, especially within the African-American community.
Cynthia Woodland’s tattoo has a story. It’s about being a young single mom. It’s about faith. It’s about Tyler.
David George Gordon tells Jim Fleming cicadas outnumber human beings two hundred thousand to one, so we have to do something to even the odds. Why not eat them?
The Silk Road was once the great meeting place between the East and the West - a network of ancient trading routes winding through China and India, across Central Asia and Iran to the Mediterranean.
Chris Hardman runs the Antenna Theater in San Francisco. He created a piece where he gave audience members headphones and told them to go for a walk on the beach.
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