What kind of writer was Pearl Buck and why is her groundbreaking work largely forgotten today? We’ll spend this hour with biographer Hilary Spurling whose new book is “Pearl Buck in China: Journey to The Good Earth” (Simon & Schuster, 2010).
From the archives – What was the Pacific Theater of World War II really like? In April, we talked with Hugh Ambrose, historical consultant for the recent HBO miniseries “The Pacific” and author of the official series companion book “The Pacific: Hell Was An Ocean Away” (HBO/NAL Caliber, 2010).
Find out how the Fort Worth Opera has become one of the country’s premier opera festivals even as other opera companies fall on hard times.
What happens to reality when it is transformed by the artist’s eye and brush? We’ll find out this hour with influential European painter Luc Tuymans whose first U.S. retrospective opens next week at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Who exactly was James Earl Ray and why did he kill Martin Luther King Jr.? We’ll spend this hour with acclaimed journalist and author Hampton Sides whose new book is “Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin” (Doubleday, 2010).
Can architecture make the world a better place for the poor and under-privileged and do architects have a responsibility to try? We’ll talk this hour with Sam Wainwright Douglas whose film, “Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio,” screens tonight at the Magnolia in Dallas.
With all the recent rancor, name-calling and demonstration, can a middle ground really be established in American politics? We’ll talk this hour with Jeffrey A. Miron, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and author of “Libertarianism, from A to Z” (Basic Books, 2010).
What’s the secret to a perfect relationship? We’ll talk this hour with New York Times columnist Tara Parker-Pope whose new book is “For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage” (Dutton Adult, 2010).
What’s in a name and how do our names and backgrounds influence our futures? We’ll spend this hour with Wes Moore who examines these questions and more in his new book “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates” (Spiegel & Grau, 2010).
What does it take to deliver the energy, water and other services we take for granted with the flip of a switch or turn of a dial? We’ll explore the unseen infrastructure of our lives this hour with Scott Huler whose new book is “On the Grid: A Plot of Land, An Average Neighborhood, and […]
