What if the words your children spoke to you actually made you sick? Physically sick. And what if the children themselves relished in this newfound power over their parents? This is the setting of Ben Marcus’ new dystopian novel The Flame Alphabet. Ben Marcus is Chair of Creative Writing at Columbia University, and the author of three previous books of fiction.
The Committee to Protect Journalists released its annual report today, documenting attacks on journalists by governments worldwide. 2011 saw a fifteen-year high of journalists imprisoned for their reporting, more than half of whom were online journalists.
KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with a representative of the Committee about the new report.
A recent report on outsourced customer service call centers is generating interest in Congress. The Communication Workers of America – the world’s largest telecommunications union – is fighting the growing trend of outsourcing service centers.
They released a report last month detailing the economic and legal implications of moving these jobs overseas.
Long before there were role playing video games there were model railroads. Tonight's story, 'Mrs Union Station', by Douglas Welch, is about how a young couple's marrage is about to be destroyed by the alure of railroads and model trains.
