'Amazing Grace' Musical Has Its 2nd Coming At Museum Of The Bible
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gabe Barre, director of Amazing Grace: The Musical, which is currently playing at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.
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An Ethereal Child Causes Earthly Problems In 'Lanny'
Max Porter's propulsive, original new novel is set in a small, seemingly idyllic English village that quickly turns darker when the whimsical young son of a newly-arrived couple goes missing.
'Easy': How Director Joe Swanberg Improvised A TV Show
The creator of the Netflix anthology show, who is known for a naturalistic style of filmmaking often called mumblecore, says he envisions characters who are kind and generous — and beset by troubles.
Rihanna Disrupts Luxury Fashion World, Joining LVMH With 'Fenty' Brand
The singer will become the first woman to start a new fashion line with the luxury group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, and the first woman of color to lead one of its fashion houses.
Hansel, Gretel And Halley's Comet Link The Tales In 'Alternate Endings'
The storylines in Lindsey Drager's new novel take place across a millennium, from a version of Hansel and Gretel wandering the woods in 1378 to a girl fetching water on the dying earth of 2136.
Did This Novel About LSD Trials Get It Right? We Ask Someone Who Was There
T.C. Boyle's Outside Looking In fictionalizes Timothy Leary's hallucinogenic drug experiments in the 1960s. A graduate student who participated says Boyle did a "great job describing the zeitgeist."
Everyone Makes Mistakes
We've all flubbed up. But when the hosts of NPR shows put their foot in their mouth, it's broadcast for all to hear. Four NPR hosts share some of their most embarrassing gaffes.
'All The Rage' Isn't About Moms Having It All — It's About Moms Doing It All
Psychologist Darcy Lockman says there's been progress since the 1950s, but equal partnerships are a long way off. Her book All the Rage explores uneven distribution of childcare and domestic labor.
How Did Chickpea Flour, A Staple Of Indian Cuisine, Become A Health Food Sensation?
Indians, along with the Nepalese, Pakistanis and many others, have been cooking with it for centuries. As Americans now embrace this ingredient with gusto, will its culinary heritage get blurred?
Plutocracy, Not Theocracy Compels The Handmaids Of 'The Farm'
Joanne Ramos builds her own experience into this story of a young Filipino woman who ends up on a seemingly cushy "gestational retreat" where women — called "hosts" — carry babies for rich families.