Texas recently ended last meals for death row inmates -- in this interview, a chef talks about how he has prepared last meals for some 200 inmates on Death Row in Texas prisons.
An exploration of the ordinary and extraordinary lives of writers John Cheever, Elizabeth Strout, Marilynne Robinson, Donald Barthelme and others.
The fight over genre fiction -- genre busters like Michael Chabon, Richard Price and others talk about the writings that transcend genres.
There is no shortage of life-list books being published; we explore our obsession with these life-lists with some of their authors.
"The Chronicles of Narnia," Dungeons and Dragons, the secret behind "The Secret" and other alternative realities.
A music writer tries to get in touch with his inner Celine Dion fan -- what the experience taught him about musical taste.
Einstein once said 'science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind' -- a look at the science-religion debate.
Stories of people who have chosen to face the rest of their lives in some unusual ways -- that somehow worked out just right.
Stories about the end of the world and what happens after that, with authors Kevin Brokmeier, Lydia Millet and Scott Westerfeld.
The strange things that happen when people take their beliefs literally -- sometimes it works out, sometimes it's a mistake.
Improving your religious literacy, Lupe Fiasco grapples with Islam, why Judas was misunderstood and other stories.