Afghan-born writer Khaled Hosseini, author of "The Kite Runner," reads from his latest novel, "And the Mountains Echoed."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Vikram Chandra writes in English, the language of the colonizer, and faces accusations that he's not really an Indian writer.
Everyone's afraid of something. Here's a small sampling of fears from Question Bridge: Black Males, a transmedia project that fosters dialogue between African American men of diverse backgrounds.
Question Bridge: Black Males was created by Chris Johnson and Hank WIllis Thomas, with Bayeté Ross Smith and Kamal Sinclair.
Frank Lloyd Wright is a titan of American architecture, but he was grievously wounded, at least, psychologically, by a tragedy that occurred when he was in his forties.
Steve Paulson filed this report on his experience at Cambridge University with comments from Ken Wilber, E.O. Wilson, Karen Armstrong, and Richard Dawkins.
For decades, urbanists have said that ordinary people already know how to solve problems in their communities.
Al Letson says what he's seen around the United States proves that true. Letson's the host of the public radio program, State of the Re:Union.
Dance isn’t a performance; it’s life. That’s the philosophy of Sally Gross, one of the original members of the postmodern Judson Dance Theater, which is now celebrating its 40th anniversary. In this NEW and UNCUT interview, Gross talks with Steve Paulson about the power of movement and breath, the influence of John Cage, and why dance requires stillness.
Susan Casey, author of "The Wave," tells Jim Fleming about the recent research into the phenomenon of mammoth ocean waves.
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