Interviews – Page 8

‘I defy anyone to finish it without wetting the pages with tears’

ENC News 26 Sep 2017

American novelist Jonathan Franzen on the books which changed his life, made him cry and the ones he wishes he’d written. Can you name the book that changed your life?...

It’s important to always remember: it gets better

ENC News 04 Sep 2017

Ken Lance, married software engineer with six kids, speaks about isolation and belonging. 25 years after high school. What do you most remember from your school years? Lance: You know,...

What Our Monuments (Don’t) Teach Us About Remembering The Past

ENC News 26 Aug 2017

As the debate rages over what role Confederate monuments do — and should — play in commemorating U.S. history, Jennifer Allen says we can learn a lot from Germany. Allen...

Novelist Max Brooks On His Growing Up With Hollywood Parents

ENC News 22 Aug 2017

We know you are the son of well-known actors, comedian Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. What was your upbringing in Hollywood? Brooks: My childhood was stable. That’s the most...

Can Buddhist Practices Help Us Overcome The Biological Pull Of Dissatisfaction?

ENC News 14 Aug 2017

Robert Wright, a visiting professor of science and religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. The author of the books ‘The Evolution of God,’ ‘Three Scientists and their Gods’,...

These Caregivers Helped Patients, Families Through Illness And Death

ENC News 07 Aug 2017

For 25 years, the Rev. Noel Hickie, 74, and Marcia Hilton, 70, helped families during their most trying moments. Hickie was working as a hospital chaplain and Hilton as a...

Getting Kids interested in Poetry

ENC News 01 Aug 2017

July 27, 2017 Poet and educator Kwame Alexander shares some ideas for poems to read with kids and tips for getting kids to write some of their own. – What...

Anjolie Ela Menon Reflects on Identity, Spirituality, and Gender

ENC News 25 Jul 2017

Describe an average day in the studio. My studio is located inside an urban village called a basti where people co-exist in several centuries simultaneously. At its center is a...

Artist Hugo Wilson on Myths, Human Nature, and Why Painting Matters.

ENC News 24 Jul 2017

The young British artist Hugo Wilson is urrently exhibiting his second solo show at the London gallery Parafin, provocatively titled “Rape of Europe.” Yet, the exhibition is not a straightforward exploration of the contemporary...

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