Jim Fleming talks with Mark Winegardner about his new book, “The Godfather Returns,” and what it was like to step into Mario Puzo’s shoes.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Rachel Cohen tells Steve Paulson that Ulysses S. Grant owed his publishing success to Mark Twain, and many other unlikely connection stories.
Michael Kimmelman talks with Steve Paulson about making your life a work of art.
Patrick Neate explains how young people from around the world adapt hip-hop to address their own concerns.
Is there a science of rap? Pioneering neuroscientist Charles Limb has put freestyle rappers inside brain-scanning machines, and he's seen an explosion of neural activity.
Hip Hop often concerns itself with everyday life, but these days there is at least one young artist who believes hip hop can change the face of devotional music.
Writer Mike Magnuson used to like being a lummox. Then he took up bicycling, and changed his life.
Steve Paulson talks with Pete Best who was the Beatles drummer before Ringo Starr.
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