Dan Brown: ‘Inferno’ Is ‘The Book That I Would Want To Read’
Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, is back with his first novel in four years. Inferno follows academic hero Robert Langdon on a chase through Italy as he attempts to avert a...
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Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best
Research shows that prime-time television isn’t a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View Article‘That’s That’: A Memoir Of Loving And Leaving Northern Ireland
Colin Broderick’s new memoir, That’s That, chronicles his childhood in Northern Ireland during the modern-day “Troubles.” Broderick says growing up in what was essentially a war zone seemed normal to...
View ArticlePlum Baby
There isn’t enough time in this world to grow your own tree. That tree is a plum baby still, never mind it’s tall as the house those men are taking from us. It grew up with me. » E-Mail This » Add...
View ArticleAuthor Elliott Holt says: ‘Go West, Young Woman’
In this Q&A, author Elliott Holt discusses her six favorite novels about expatriates. She also talks about what it’s like to be in your 20s, and the importance of travel and exploration. » E-Mail...
View ArticleNot My Job: Three Headless Chicken Questions For Alice Cooper
We’ve invited the heavy metal rocker to answer three questions about Mike, a chicken in the 1940s who lost his head and still went on to achieve fame and fortune. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View Article‘Scandal’: Preposterous, Unmissable, Important
The show has become a social event for a large and varied crowd of African-Americans and others on Twitter, for reasons mysterious, complex and worth exploring. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleThree-Minute Fiction Reading: ‘Plum Baby’
NPR’s Susan Stamberg reads an excerpt of one of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. She reads Plum Baby by Carmiel Banasky of Portland, Ore. » E-Mail This » Add to...
View Article‘Waiting To Be Heard’ No More, Amanda Knox Speaks Out
Less than two months into her study abroad program in Italy, Amanda Knox was accused and eventually convicted of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher. After her conviction was overturned, Knox...
View ArticleNew ‘Trek’ Goes ‘Into Darkness,’ But Not Much Deeper
NPR’s Bob Mondello says J.J. Abrams’ latest Star Trek film knows how to make the sparks and feelings fly, but doesn’t bother making the sparks and feeling matter very much. » E-Mail This » Add to...
View ArticleAfter Crashing In Canadian ‘Abyss,’ Four Men Fight To Survive
On an icy night in 1984, a commuter plane crashed in the wilderness. Six passengers died, but four survived: the pilot, a politician, a policeman and a prisoner. Carol Shaben’s Into The Abyss describes...
View ArticleAfter Crashing In Canadian ‘Abyss,’ Four Men Fight To Survive
On an icy night in 1984, a commuter plane crashed in the wilderness. Six passengers died, but four survived: the pilot, a politician, a policeman and a prisoner. Carol Shaben’s Into The Abyss describes...
View ArticleAmerican Voices On ‘The Unwinding’ Of America’s Values
George Packer’s The Unwinding explores the social and economic upheavals that have transformed the U.S. over the past 30 years. In a nuanced work of literary journalism, colorful characters from across...
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Exclusive First Read: ‘Big Brother’ By Lionel Shriver
Read an exclusive excerpt of Lionel Shriver’s latest, Big Brother. Shriver is no stranger to controversial topics, from school massacres to the American healthcare system. Big Brother is a comedic take...
View ArticleBook News: Stephen King’s New Bogeyman? Digital Publishing
Also: the legacy of Kierkegaard; the creator of Lyle Crocodile has died; Aussie airliner Qantas commissions flight-length books. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleThe Starfleet Divide: The ‘Star Trek’ Universe Revisits One Of Its Great Debates
J.J. Abrams isn’t the first guy to bait Star Trek fans by messing with the brand. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleSoderbergh’s Liberace, ‘Behind The Candelabra’
In his new HBO film, the acclaimed director examines the five-year relationship between the flamboyant entertainer and Scott Thorson, who was 40 years Liberace’s junior and still a teenager when they...
View ArticleThe Art And Science Of Motivation
Graduation season is upon us and that means a slew of uplifting commencement speeches trying to motivate young adults to greatness. Science and experience tell us that everyone is motivated...
View ArticleChina Builds Museums … But Will The Visitors Come?
China is on a spree to build world-class museums and has opened about 100 of them annually in recent years. Two of the biggest opened on the same day last fall on opposite banks of Shanghai’s Huangpu...
View Article‘Arrested Development’ Leads The Charge For Old Brands In New Media
Brands that found their original audiences in traditional, old-media platforms are finding ways to keep going in the world of new media. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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