Writer Asra Nomani traveled alone in India and Pakistan on what became a personal, spiritual journey.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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David Hillman almost lost his chance for a PhD when his doctoral committee questioned the part of his dissertation on recreational drug use in antiquity.
Dan Shapiro tells the story of his long fight with Hodgkin’s Disease which prompted his mother to cultivate marijuana to help him cope with the nausea of chemotherapy.
David Isay is the founder and president of StoryCorps which records first person narratives by Americans from all backgrounds. StoryCorps can be heard on NPR every Friday morning.
Ben Greenman is the author of a book called “Superbad: Stories and Pieces.” One of the stories it contains is called “Blurbs” which is nothing but a collection of blurbs.
Douglas Coupland says only twenty percent of people are hard-wired to “get” irony and the rest take everything at face value.
Brian Turner was an average young American who volunteered for military service in Iraq. At night he wrote poetry by flashlight.
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