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Richard Florida, 06/27/12

Author

It's common to say we are now living in a post-industrial information or knowledge economy. But the shift is actually deeper and more thorough-going than that.

Lee C. Camp, 06/27/12

Professor of Theology and Ethics, Lipscomb University

In addition to his famed tirades was Jobs' "reality distortion field." Jobs would draw a picture of the world that seemed to defy all reality. At worst, he simply lied. At best, he cast a vision of what could be and then got others caught up in making that vision a new reality.

Peter Mandel, 06/27/12

Washington Post and Boston Globe contributor

Let's get it out on the table, right up front. I am a guy, and not apologetic about this. I'm a person with a paunch, with bristly whiskers that my wife wants shaved (I won't), and a tendency to talk about myself.

Charles D. Smith, 06/28/12

Professor Emeritus of Middle East history, University of Arizona

Israel's fateful hour is approaching. The chances of Israel existing by mid-century are no more than twenty percent if its governments continue to pursue the settlement project.

David Kudler, 06/28/12

Publisher, Stillpoint Digital Press

Getting the justification right is every storyteller's goal, and one of the more challenging aspects of storytelling. Aristotle said that the end of an effective plot must be "unexpected but inevitable."

Claudia Zelevansky, 06/27/12

Theater director, educator and arts administrator

To be honest, I suspect my hands would still shake if I did it again today. I still might think: Who am I to be writing to her? I'm still not brave in the way I imagine her to be, but these days I usually put the letter in the mailbox in the end. And Nora Ephron gets some credit for that.

Brandon G. Withrow, 06/27/12

Professor (history), author, blogger

If an otherwise good author may find it difficult to publish, but has something interesting to contribute to the conversation of his or her community, then by all means, put the idea out there and let it stand or fall based on its merits.

Nataly Kelly, 06/27/12

Chief Research Officer, Common Sense Advisory and Co-Author, Found in Translation

Elizabeth Little traveled thousands of miles, chronicling her encounters with Navajo, Quileute, French, Gullah, Basque, Haitian Creole, and Spanish people. In this interview, she offers tips for other language road-trippers.

Matt Donnelly, 06/27/12

Writer, The Los Angeles Times

Nora became my de facto Auntie Mame. My co-conspirator in neurosis. The one who understood the pangs of living in the gray of the Id and intellect and wanted to talk about it over decent wine and dinner.

Laurence Leamer, 06/27/12

Bestselling author, forthcoming book The Price of Justice

Mark has learned well from his father, and not just in how to write notes on books he ships off to potential reviewers. He is unflinching as he faces the moral dilemmas of his and his father's life.

Scott Patterson, 06/27/12

Author, "The Quants"

The question is explored broadly in Dark Pools: High-Speed Traders, A.I. Bandits, and the Threat to the Global Financial System.

Bruce Wilson, 06/27/12

Writes on religion and politics

Romney's proposed K-12 education plan for America would redirect $26 billion in federal funding to pay for students to attend private schools; some of those would be religious schools that use Bob Jones University Press curriculum.

Theo Pauline Nestor, 06/26/12

Blogger, Writing Is My Drink

When someone tells me they love Nora Ephron's work, I hold my breath for a beat as the next moment, for me, will be the deciding one. We are at a fork in the road here.

Jenny Rosenstrach, 06/27/12

Author, 'Dinner: A Love Story'

When I was growing up, family dinner was not called family dinner. It was called dinner.

Robb Pearlman, 06/27/12

Author

Nerd Haiku celebrates everything that nerds hold dear: from comic books to summer blockbusters to fast-acting asthma medications. And maybe it will serve as a bridge, a bifrost if you will, inviting others into the warm and welcoming folds of our invisibility cloaks.

Lev Raphael, 06/27/12

Author, 'Rosedale the Vampyre'

My favorite memory of Emma is reading it in a hammock at the edge of my uncle's orchard outside Tel-Aviv. I loved it best among her books at the time, and I'd brought it with me almost as a talisman since I'd never been so far from home.

Christopher Zara, 06/26/12

Arts Journalist

Here are five literary giants whose hearts were impaled by Cupid's arrow in the most brutal way. Rather than wallow in self-pity, these tortured scribes picked themselves up and stabbed Cupid right back -- with their pens.