Books
PRI's The World
September 03, 2015
Haruki Murakami, the perennial favorite to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, says his desire to write is all due to a double hit by an American baseball player named Dave Hilton. Really? We tracked down that player, and an expert on creativity to see if the story is truth, or fiction.
Books
A baseball player hits a double, and it launches the career of Haruki Murakami
PRI's The World
September 03, 2015
Haruki Murakami, the perennial favorite to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, says his desire to write is all due to a double hit by an American baseball player named Dave Hilton. Really? We tracked down that player, and an expert on creativity to see if the story is truth, or fiction.
Arts, Culture & Media
Five Things You Had To See Online This Week
Studio 360
February 20, 2015
Beckyoncé mashups, Billy Eichner yelling at FLOTUS, and Norm Macdonald's SNL tweets stole the internet's collective heart this week.
Arts, Culture & Media
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
Studio 360
January 09, 2015
Political cartoonists, Haruki Murakami, Nicolas Cage, and emojis win the internet this week.