A revealing interview with Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires, Inheritance, and nine other books.

Dani Shapiro -- author of ”Inheritance” and other best sellers -- reveals the very different challenges of writing fiction versus memoir.

TSTB interviews noted film and TV editor Yaffa Lerea, whose credits range from Ken Burns’ ”Baseball” to ”Project Runway.”

An excerpt from our upcoming interview with noted documentary and film editor Yaffa Lerea, whose work has ranged from early episodes of MTV’s ”The Real World” to Ken Burns’ seminal ”Baseball” documentaries.

TSTB shares its full interview with acclaimed science writer, editor, and film producer Timothy Ferris. He discusses his friendship with Stephen Hawking, his guiding role in producing Voyager’s ”golden disc,” and more.

In this preview of our forthcoming full interview, award-winning science writer Timothy Ferris talks about the struggle to find just the right words to inspire himself and his readers.

Legendary rock photographer Gered Mankowitz recalls his collaborations with rock icons like the Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, and others.

In the 1960s and '70s, British photographer Gered Mankowitz worked with some of rock's greatest stars at the peak of their creative powers. In the mid-1960s, he served as the Rolling Stones' "official" photographer, and he took now-classic shots of Jimi Hendrix, Kate Bush, Free, Traffic, The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, and dozens of other artists. In this excerpt from our forthcoming full interview, Mankowitz tells how his own collaborative approach evolved, and how he learned to help sometimes-shy musicians project the "stories" they wanted their audiences to see. #photography #rockphotography thesixties #rollingstones #theseventies #hendrix #jimihendrix #traffic #jeffbeck #jimmypage #yardbirds #katebush #lionheart #thekickinside

TSTB shares a rich and candid discussion with Garrett Hongo -- celebrated poet, memoirist, and audio writer.

In this excerpt from our forthcoming full interview with Garrett Hongo -- a leading light of Asian American literature -- he speaks candidly about his experiences as a student and professor in academic environments that remained (and usually remain) predominantly white and sometimes openly suspicious of ”other” traditions.