James Lasdun talks about his book, "Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ilan Stavans is compiling the first dictionary of Spanglish. He tells Steve Paulson that Spanglish is becoming an independent language.
How did the rich get richer while the American middle class got poorer? Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker outlines the political policies that led to historic levels of income inequality.
Crime fiction is increasingly a global phenomenon. Maybe you've heard of Nordic Noir... but how about Euro Noir? Or African, Indian, Japanese crime fiction?
James Houston is the author of “Snow Mountain Passage: A Novel of the Donner Party.” He tells Jim Fleming about his personal connection to the infamous group.
Jack Pendarvis reads from his essay "The Fifty Greatest Things That Just Popped Into My Head," published in "The Believer" magazine.
Captain James Yee volunteered after 9/11 to be the US Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay prison. But then he was accused of spying, espionage, and aiding the alleged Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo. He was held in solitary confinement for 76 days.
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