WSKG's bi-weekly interview & call-in program with local authors from Binghamton, Ithaca, Elmira and surrounding areas served by WSKG Public Radio. Off the Page is hosted by Bill Jaker.
Off the Page
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Diane Ackerman writes about the inner and outer world and has taken on some enormous topics. Her books include "Dawn Light", a scientific and poetic appreciation of the first hours of the day; "The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral"; "A Natural History of the Senses",...
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Of all the philosophies, practices and social trends to emerge in America in recent decades and be relegated to the category of "new age", none has entered the arena of popular misunderstanding as firmly as Zen Buddhism. The word itself found its way into our vocabulary as a sort of...
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Silk has a mystique like no other fabric. It is sheer and strong, absorbs and insulates well, enhances the beauty of the people who wear it or the objects that it surrounds. It is a true luxury valued in many world cultures, and gathered from the secretion of moths. In the opening...
