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Jonathan Lethem's other books include <em>The Ecstasy of Influence</em>, <em>Chronic City</em> and <em>Girl in Landscape</em>.

For Novelist Jonathan Lethem, Radicalism Runs In The Family

His new book, Dissident Gardens, follows three generations of an activist family, from Rose, a secular Jew and communist, to Sergius, her commune-raised grandson. The book is fiction, but its characters were inspired by Lethem's own family story.

North Korean officials and foreign journalists leave the launch pad after a visit to see the rocket in Tangachai -ri space center on April 8, 2012.

N. Korean Tunnel A Sign Of Another Nuclear Test?

Recent satellite images show North Korea is digging a new underground tunnel in what appears to be preparation for a third nuclear test, according to South Korean intelligence officials.

UCSD Distinguished Professor of Music and Percussionist Steven Schick.

Let's Talk: Why Do We Hate Modern Classical Music?

Alex Ross recently wrote a story in The Guardian exploring why modern classical music is not embraced in the same way as modern art, architecture, and even literature. Do Culture Lust readers have any theories on why modern compositions and atonal works are less popular than classical works?

USD President Addresses Faculty Leaders After No Confidence Vote

Controversy over President Mary Lyons' decision to revoke a scholar's invitation to speak is still roiling the University of San Diego campus.

Appraiser Noel Barrett (right) tells the owner it's fitting to find a "choo-choo" at the Chattanooga ANTIQUES ROADSHOW event. This lovingly preserved set, made by the Lionel company and given to the owner's father for his first Christmas in 1930, could carry home a value of $2,500-$3,000.

Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga, Tenn. - Hour Three

Airs Monday, July 15, 2013 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Opera Gets The David Hockney Treatment

This weekend, the San Diego Opera opens their 2011 season with Puccini's "Turandot." Although this is a tale of love in Imperial China, the sets are far from traditional. KPBS arts producer Angela Carone went to rehearsals to find out what is unique about the set design.

Vegetation like the kind growing here at Michigan State University's Kellogg Biological Station could one day be used to feed small biofuel refineries spread throughout the Midwest.

Could Some Midwest Land Support New Biofuel Refineries?

Land that isn't in good enough condition to grow crops could be used to produce substantial amounts of liquid biofuels, a new study claims. But there are many concerns about the study, and about the future of advanced biofuels in the U.S. and abroad.

Aaron Poole stars as Leon, a man returning to his dead mother's home in "The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh."

Interview: Rodrigo Gudiño

Filmmaker Taps Into Catholic Horror

This map shows the potential biomass collection within 10 states. Each circle represents an area of about 7,800 square miles, which could produce about 23 million gallons of ethanol per year. A gigagram, or Gg, is about 1,100 tons.

Could Some Midwest Land Support New Biofuel Refineries?

Millions of acres of marginal farmland in the Midwest -- land that isn't in good enough condition to grow crops -- could be used to produce liquid fuels made from plant material, according to a study in Nature. And those biofuels could, in theory, provide about 25 percent of the advanced biofuels required by a 2007 federal law.

Observant Gay Muslim Balances Faith And Sexuality

For Muslims who are also gay, it’s almost impossible to fully engage in the Islamic faith community. But they find ways to worship. We meet an observant gay Muslim who’s faith is part of what bonds him to his partner.

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