A new spiritual practice for novelist River Jordan leads to a surprising memoir
…memory can last that long. I mean, trust me, I can’t find my car keys, my glasses. So for me to be able to remember these people, it’s really amazing….
R.A. Dickey makes the rounds to speak with 60 Minutes and the National Post about abuse and redemption
…edition called Throwing Strikes), Dickey has been forthcoming about his baseball struggles, his love of literature, and his harrowing experience with sexual abuse as a child. Last week, 60 Minutes…
Holly Tucker talks with The Atlantic about blood, stem cells, and fear
…organs or blood, and bioethicists have discussed whether interspecies neurological trials should be permitted. What would be the eventual moral status of an animal with human brain cells in society?…
The New York Times profiles Heather Armstrong as she celebrates the tenth anniversary of Dooce
…Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita, Armstrong writes with what can sometimes be startling candor about her own family life, and Belkin’s profile…
The Internet giant plans to build two distribution centers in Tennessee, and bookstore owners aren’t happy
…books ordered by Tennesseans. Unsurprisingly, local bookstore owners– who are obligated to charge sales tax even on Internet orders– are gearing up for a fight: “If you buy a book…
Poet and educator Bill Brown talks about his writing and his approach to teaching
…previous work: his rural boyhood, the richness of married love, and, above all, the parallel cycles of the natural world and individual human lives. Aging and mortality loom large in…
