Toni Morrison may be a Nobel Laureate, but she still gets labeled a “Black woman writer.” She talks about her childhood and how the Civil Rights Movement magnified class differences.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Stephen Prothero tells Steve Paulson about the first American cremation, which didn’t really go very well, and the current craze for going out in a blaze of glory.
Tariq Ramadan tells Steve Paulson that Islam should be viewed as a religion in its own right and not compared to the history of Christianity.
Steven Kaplan is a historian of bread. He’s famous in France as the American who told them their bread wasn’t good enough.
William La Fleur is the author of “Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan.” He tells Anne Strainchamps about the Japanese mizuko rituals which are a form of public apology addressed to aborted fetuses.
Susan Mello, the 2003 Build A Better Burger Grand Prize winner, tells Anne about “My Big Fat Greco-Inspired Burger,” and why it deserved to win.
Anne Strainchamps reports on the women of Gee’s Bend. These Black quilt-makers formed a collective which has parlayed their traditional work into a highly successful and fashionable business.
S.T. Joshi says Lovecraft was always interested in pure science and has many imitators among contemporary writers.
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