Shoot Now, Focus Later: A Little Camera To Change The Game
Just when you thought you had the latest in camera technology, along comes something new and shiny and … rectangular. …
‘Carrie’ Creators Resurrect A Legendary Flop
Broadway history is littered with flop musicals — but if some shows are bombs, then Carrie, based on Stephen King’s …
March Book Pick: ‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’
In the five months since NPR started the Backseat Book Club, we’ve dipped into fantasy, whimsy, history and even a …
New In Paperback Feb 27-March 4
Fiction and nonfiction releases from Marcia Clark, Julian Barnes, Robert D. Putnam and David Campbell, Ron Rosenbaum and Bing West. …
My First Crush: A Love Letter To Davy Jones
Kitty Eisele is supervising senior editor at NPR’s Morning Edition. This is embarrassing to write, but years ago when my …
Two Books For Kids About How Hard It Is To Fit In
One of the great things about being a reader is that over time, the books on your shelf seem to …
‘Being Flynn’: When Dad Needs To Take Shelter
Writer Nick Flynn was working in a homeless shelter in his 20s when his father — an alcoholic and self-proclaimed …
More Than Words: The Art Of The Lyric Video
Way back in 1990, George Michael created a minor hubbub when he refused to make a traditional music video for …
Young Photographers Turn Their Lenses On Love
In February, the young readers in NPR’s Backseat Book Club read Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai. In the book, a …
‘Zona’: Geoff Dyer’s Beautiful, Obsessive Mind
In Zona, Geoff Dyer confronts a giant: Russian visionary filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. During his peripatetic career, Dyer has tackled literature, …
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