What’s Cooking? 3 Books That Are More Filling Than Food
Foodie fiction has become a veritable genre, devoted to deliciousness, to making your mouth water, to making you feel suddenly, …
As You Know, Puzzles Are A Pastime
On-air challenge: For each given category, name something in the category where the first letter is also the first letter …
Dilruba Ahmed: An Outsider Turns To Poetry
April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate, Weekend Edition is talking with younger poets about why they chose to …
Hard Hits, Hard Liquor In ‘The Summer of Beer and Whiskey’
The summer of 1883 proved to be a pivotal time for American baseball. A brash German immigrant and beer garden …
Two Daytime Soaps Return, But Will Fans Follow Online?
In 2011, ABC cancelled two daytime soap operas – All My Children and One Life to Live – which together …
Just In Time For Poetry Month, Four Fantastic Books Of Verse
April is National Poetry Month, and what better way to celebrate than with new poetry releases? Here are four of …
‘Country Girl’ Edna O’Brien On A Lifetime Of Lit, Loneliness And Love
When Edna O’Brien wrote The Country Girls in 1960, the book was acclaimed by critics, banned by the Irish Censorship …
Through Art And Industry, Chicago Shaped America
After World War II, America became a superpower. New York experienced a global rise; Los Angeles was sprawling. But in …
When Tonys Tap Faves, Look For These Names
Nominations for the Tony Awards, Broadway’s annual honors, will be announced April 30. Among the shows eligible: loud London transplants …
Siblings, Seafarers And ‘Secrets’ In Moviemaker’s Novel
Brendan, Cordelia and Eleanor Walker were suspicious from the first. They may be young — Cordelia is 15, Brendan is …
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