Arts

Books
Arts

A Small Village Takes On Big Oil In 'How Beautiful We Were'

7:00am March 09, 2021

by Tochi Onyebuchi

Imbolo Mbue's new novel is set in an unnamed country that could be any West African nation beset by international oil companies — and yet, it's a story of rebellion and rebirth, not calamity.

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, sat for a long talk with Oprah Winfrey.

Harry And Meghan: Where Things Stand And 10 Takeaways From The Big Oprah Interview

3:36pm March 08, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry talked to Oprah Winfrey about darkest moments, family conflicts, the persistence of racism and the symbiosis between the royal family and the tabloid press.

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race, Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson's 'Code Breaker' Spotlights The Woman At The Forefront Of CRISPR

3:25pm March 08, 2021

by Jackie Northam

The gene-editing technology is at the center of an ethical debate. Isaacson examines it through the life of Jennifer Doudna, co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry for CRISPR's discovery.

Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, the subject of Walter Isaacson's new biography The Code Breaker, shared a Nobel prize in chemistry in 2020 for the part she played in developing the CRISPR gene editing technology.

CRISPR Scientist's Biography Explores Ethics Of Rewriting The Code Of Life

1:48pm March 08, 2021

by Terry Gross

The Code Breaker profiles Jennifer Doudna, a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist key to the development of CRISPR, and examines the technology's exciting possibilities and need for oversight.

Queue Listen Now

Frida Kahlo, Diego and Frida 1929 – 1944, 1944, oil on masonite with original painted shell frame, private collection, courtesy Galería Arvi

Arts

5 Lesser-Known, Late-In-Life Works By Frida Kahlo Now On View In Dallas

9:00am March 08, 2021

by Susan Stamberg

"In this difficult period, people feel a strong connection to Kahlo's sorrows and triumphs," says Dallas Museum of Art curator Mark A. Castro. Kahlo made these paintings as her health deteriorated.

You're Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility by Annabelle Gurwitch

Books
Arts

Annabelle Gurwitch's Mid-Life Maelstrom: Divorce, Cancer, 'Downward Mobility'

8:33am March 07, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

You're Leaving When? is a witty memoir of Gurwitch's many middle age misadventures — and it doesn't even cover the stage IV lung cancer diagnosis she received in the midst of the pandemic.

Mara Wilson Reflects On Fame At A Young Age, Britney Spears' Career

8:33am March 07, 2021

Actor and writer Mara Wilson reflects on Britney Spears' career and the ways in which famous young women are objectified by the media.

Arts

Margaret Qualley Gets A Taste Of The Literary World In 'My Salinger Year'

8:33am March 07, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Margaret Qualley about her new role in the movie, My Salinger Year, based on the memoir by Joanna Rakoff.

Alice Cooper Revisits Hometown In New Album

8:33am March 07, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Alice Cooper about his new album, Detroit Stories.

Books
Arts

'Year of the Beast': How Tara Wray Used Photography To 'Process Fear And Uncertainty'

7:54am March 07, 2021

by Di'Amond Moore

Wray explores the difficulties of 2020, balancing the pandemic, family and work through her photography in a new book. She hopes "people will see themselves ... or loved ones in these pictures."