The critic and memoirist about the teaching power of fiction and the need for a bailout of the imagination.

x

x

An interview with the legendary reporter on the occasion of the publication of The Silent Season of a Hero, collecting six decades of his sports writing.

A conversation (with videos) with the author of a new memoir about youth, heartbreak, and the music of the MTV generation.

The author of the celebrated Cloud Atlas on his new novel, the allure of history, Charles Dickens, and Star Trek.

James Mustich talks with Daniel Okrent about his new book, Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.

A talk with Diane Ravitch on testing, accountability, and The Death and Life of the Great American School System.

The author of The Pacific talks about the book, the HBO series, and the dark side of the "Good War."

The author of The Surrendered on war, fiction, and the poetry of survival.