Watch This: Must-Sees From A Show-Creating Couple
In the TV drama The Good Wife, a political spouse forges her own path after her husband is disgraced by …
A Poem A Day: Portable, Peaceful And Perfect
Alan Heathcock is the author of Volt. I hadn’t slept well, had to get my three kids to three different …
Hell On Fire In 2011, Thanks To Film And Books
In 2011, hell was a hot topic, from Hollywood to New York Times bestsellers. In fact, this year has seen …
Coming Out, Coming Of Age As A Teen ‘Pariah’
When the new film Pariah opens nationally, it’s safe to say it will not be competing with any other movies …
‘El Sicario’: The (Masked) Face Of Drug-War Murder
“The sicario never boasts about what he does,” announces the anonymous ex-gangster who tells his story in El Sicario, Room …
A Violent Abolitionist’s ‘Midnight Rising’
On an October night in 1859, 21 men staged a takeover of a national armory in tiny Harpers Ferry, Va. …
2011 In Film: Five Breakthrough Documentaries
The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest place in the world, a 600-mile strip of land where the absence …
New In Paperback Dec. 26 – Jan. 1
Fiction and nonfiction releases from Stewart O’Nan, Deborah Harkness, Karen Armstrong and Amy Chua. [Copyright 2011 National Public Radio]
2011 In Film: Two Pictures That Hit The Right Notes
“You’re using someone else’s poetry to express how you feel. This is a delicate thing.” Rob Gordon, the protagonist of …
In ‘Pariah,’ High Stakes Of Being Gay Black Teens
The drama Pariah, which generated lots of buzz at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and opens in select U.S. theaters …
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