Kurt talks to two creative writing teachers, Laura Kasischke and Joshua Furst, about this week's massacre at Virginia Tech. The gunman, Sueng-Hui Cho, wrote plays and fiction that troubled faculty and other students. But for teachers, identifying a psychopath through his writing is not ...

Deep in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Amish country, there’s a small town with a theater with shows that rival the glittery productions you'd find on Broadway. Last year, more than 800,000 people came through town to see them. We sent producer Peter Crimmins to find out what’s ...

Deborah Garrison stays busy as poetry editor for Knopf –- and even busier as the mother of 3 young children. She tells Kurt that this chaos actually inspires her poetry. She reads from her new book of poems, The Second Child.

Dallas real estate developer Raymond Nasher passed away last month at age 85. He and his wife Patsy collected work by the world's great modern sculptors, including Serra, Picasso, and Rodin: much of it is housed in the Nasher Sculpture Center. Shortly before his death, he told ...

You may know Grant-Lee Phillips as the “Town Troubadour” on the TV show “The Gilmore Girls” – but he’s also a veteran of the alternative rock scene who has been charming audiences with his velvety vocals since the early 1990’s. Grant-Lee tells Kurt about how he started ...

Grant-Lee Phillips performs “Soft Asylum” from Strangelet in Studio 360.

Grant-Lee Phillips performs “Far End of the Night” from Virginia Creeper in Studio 360.