Life With A Comedian Isn't Always Funny
Kelly Carlin, George Carlin's daughter, released a new memoir called A Carlin Home Companion, about growing up as the only daughter of one of the greatest comedians of all time.
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For Prolific Author Percival Everett, The Wilderness Is A Place Of Clarity
Everett praises Wyoming, where many of his new stories are set, for being "so sparsely populated." And he says the outdoors aren't dangerous — human voices in the wilderness are far scarier.
'Son Of Saul' Brings Viewers To The Heart Of The Nazi Death Machine At Auschwitz
Son of Saul, set in a Nazi death camp in 1944, won the Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Director László Nemes and star Géza Röhrig discuss the film with Fresh Air's Terry Gross.
How A Taste For Chinese Tea Minted America's First Millionaires
China and its trade practices are often blamed for U.S. economic woes. But once upon a time, it was the tea trade with China that created American magnates — with some catastrophic consequences.
Fan Fiction Comes To Life In 'Carry On'
"Meta" isn't quite sufficient to describe Rainbow Rowell's latest, which brings a fictional Harry Potteresque series described in her previous novel Fangirl to warm, messy, beautiful life.
3 Questions With The Guy Who Hates Renoir
Max Geller led a small crowd in protest of the fact that paintings by renowned French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir hang in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
What Would Julia Child Do? Jacques Pépin Says: Add More Butter
In a conversation with NPR's Scott Simon, Jacques Pépin reflects on his extraordinary 60-year career, his dear friend Julia Child and how not to let good cheese leftovers go to waste.
Deluge Contaminates And Destroys Ballet School
The South Carolina flood has left the Columbia Classical Ballet Company without not just its costumes and scores but its building.
In 'Love And Techno,' The World Is Cruel — But The People Aren't (Mostly)
Anthony Marra's new short story collection is a hundred-year relay of Russian history, full of black, bone-dry humor and characters who are often (but not always) as awful as the worlds they live in.