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BOOK REVIEW: In ‘Here We Are,’ Heart-Rending Challenges Of Immigration Are Exposed
Aarti Shahani reports on Silicon Valley for NPR. But, as she details in her memoir, she’s also from a family that followed a contorted, painful path to citizenship. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: In ‘Here We Are,’ Heart-Rending Challenges Of Immigration Are Exposed
‘Encounter’ Re-frames The Explorer Meets Indigenous Person Narrative
“Growing up I would hear about our peoples being ‘discovered’ … ” says author Brittany Luby. “I would go home and my parents would tell me: That’s not actually how things happened.” Continue Reading ‘Encounter’ Re-frames The Explorer Meets Indigenous Person Narrative
Renée Zellweger On Playing Judy Garland: ‘A Different Kind Of Triumph’
The actress plays the title role in the new biopic Judy, which chronicles the iconic entertainer months before her death in 1969. Continue Reading Renée Zellweger On Playing Judy Garland: ‘A Different Kind Of Triumph’
BOOK REVIEW: W.H. Auden’s Poem ‘September 1, 1939’ Still Resonates In Times Of Crisis
Critic Ian Sansom’s deeply informed and unapologetically digressive new book dives into Auden’s life — as well as the life of his singular poem. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: W.H. Auden’s Poem ‘September 1, 1939’ Still Resonates In Times Of Crisis
A Boy And A Pup Come To One Another’s Rescue In ‘The Dog Who Lost His Bark’
The Dog Who Lost His Bark is a story in two halves, says author Eoin Colfer: “In the first half the boy heals the dog, and in the second half the dog heals the boy.” It’s illustrated by P.J. Lynch. Continue Reading A Boy And A Pup Come To One Another’s Rescue In ‘The Dog Who Lost His Bark’
Pop Culture Happy Hour: ‘Downton Abbey’ Returns For An Extravagant New Film
If you thought the end of the series Downton Abbey would be the end of the Crawley family’s adventures, a new film has arrived to prove you wrong. Continue Reading Pop Culture Happy Hour: ‘Downton Abbey’ Returns For An Extravagant New Film
Constructing Jazz Inside Fine Art, And Vice-Versa
The jazz pianist has pulled the curtain off his polymathic abilities, bringing his fine art exhibition — which includes video, installations and performance — home to New York. Continue Reading Constructing Jazz Inside Fine Art, And Vice-Versa
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Red At The Bone’ Cuts Close To The Bone
Jacqueline Woodson’s exquisitely wrought new novel follows two black families of different classes whose lives become intertwined when their only children conceive a child together in their teens. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: ‘Red At The Bone’ Cuts Close To The Bone
Ken Burns Reveals The Song Stuck In His Head As ‘Country Music’ Series Premieres On PBS
In his latest compendium of American culture, filmmaker Ken Burns, along with writer Dayton Duncan, explores the history of “Country Music” in a new 16-hour documentary. Burns said that story-songs are a phenomenon that can be traced back centuries, to long, multi-verse ballads that were handed down from generation to generation. Continue Reading Ken Burns Reveals The Song Stuck In His Head As ‘Country Music’ Series Premieres On PBS
FILM REVIEW: In The Moody ‘Ms. Purple,’ A Karaoke Hostess Lives In The Silence Between Notes
Justin Chon’s third feature, about a karaoke hostess forced to deal with her estranged brother while her father is dying, possesses an “emotional impact [that] is loudest in its quiet moments.” Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: In The Moody ‘Ms. Purple,’ A Karaoke Hostess Lives In The Silence Between Notes
‘The Only Plane In The Sky’ Offers A Powerful, Graphic Narrative Of September 11
When today’s children someday ask what Sept. 11 was really like, Garrett Graff’s book will be the answer: He vividly recounts the most upsetting and totemic moments — and critical, little-told others. Continue Reading ‘The Only Plane In The Sky’ Offers A Powerful, Graphic Narrative Of September 11
TV: In Northern Ireland, ‘Derry Girls’ Balances Teen Comedy And Sectarian Conflict
The hit comedy follows teenagers in a Catholic school in the 1990s. Even with The Troubles as the backdrop, it’s “put Northern Ireland on the map for all the right reasons,” says one Derry Girls fan. Continue Reading TV: In Northern Ireland, ‘Derry Girls’ Balances Teen Comedy And Sectarian Conflict
