‘Oranges And Sunshine,’ But Both Of Them Lies
If anyone could be expected to stake out the angels’ side of a social issue, it would be a son …
At ‘Le Havre,’ A Rue-Tinted Fable Of Time And Transit
A contemporary fable set in a place constructed from blocks of French cinematic history, Le Havre is one of Aki …
‘Catechism Cataclysm’: A Man Of The Cloth, Fraying
In the beginning of The Catechism Cataclysm, a deeply eccentric and mildly surreal indie comedy, a young priest tells his …
‘Martha Marcy’: By Any Name, A Sweet Debut
Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of famous fashion twins, has enormous translucent eyes that can turn as blank as a …
Fairy-Tale Adaptations: It’s Ever After, All Right
With NBC’s Grimm, the ABC series Once Upon A Time makes two new fairy tale-based shows premiering on network television …
Lee Child’s ‘The Affair’: Sixteen Books In, Has Jack Reacher Still Got It?
Jack Reacher has a lot of fans at NPR. Daniel Zwerdling reads him. So do Noah Adams and Linda Wertheimer …
A Coconut Cake From Emily Dickinson: Reclusive Poet, Passionate Baker
Nelly Lambert is a PhD student in English at Catholic University. She’s writing her dissertation on Emily Dickinson’s poetry. Poet …
How To ‘Thrive’: Short Commutes, More Happy Hours
Many people believe that happiness comes from money, or youth or beauty, but Dan Buettner would respectfully disagree. Buettner visited …
Poet Marie Howe On ‘What The Living Do’ After Loss
A few years after her younger brother John died from AIDS-related complications in 1989, poet Marie Howe wrote him a …
Read ‘Graveyard’ With Our New Back-Seat Book Club
We are starting a special project at NPR aimed at our younger listeners. We’re talking about all those young people …
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