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Fresh Air
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Opening the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the poem she's kept in every one of her offices
The first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court says Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Ladder of Saint Augustine," has been a guiding principle. Jackson's new memoir is Lovely One.
'To Paradise' is an inspired and vivid puzzle that doesn't quite come together
by Maureen Corrigan
Hanya Yanagihara's much anticipated 700-page novel is a deliberately difficult work, made of up dazzling moments that tend lose their luster when pressed together.
Remembering director Peter Bogdanovich, chronicler of Hollywood's golden age
by Terry Gross
Bogdanovich's directing credits include The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon and What's Up Doc? He was also a movie critic and a Hollywood historian. He died Jan. 6. Originally broadcast in 1983.
Remembering Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman
by Terry Gross
Bergman and her husband Alan worked together for more than 60 years, writing songs for Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand and others. Marilyn died Jan. 8. Originally broadcast in 2007.
Journalist says U.S. air war against ISIS killed countless civilians in Syria
by Dave Davies
New York Times reporter Dave Philipps says a top-secret special ops unit disregarded official protocols to pick targets for airstrikes, resulting in the death of thousands of farmers and families.
Jazz trio Artifacts gets to the point quickly, and sticks to it, on a new album
by Kevin Whitehead
Flute player Nicole Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid and drummer Mike Reed all came up on Chicago's new jazz scene about 20 years ago. Now they revisit their roots on ... and then there's this.
'Fresh Air' remembers screen legend Sidney Poitier
by Terry Gross
The Oscar-winning actor starred in films like In the Heat of the Night and To Sir, With Love, and helped pave way for other Black actors in Hollywood. He died Jan. 6. Originally broadcast in 2000.
Actor Kal Penn isn't afraid to take chances, on screen or in life
by Ann Marie Baldonado
'The Latinist' is an academic suspense story, with just a touch of Agatha Christie
by Maureen Corrigan
Set in the claustrophobic world of academia, Mark Prins' debut novel is saturated with references to Classical mythology and, like the best thrillers, is ingenious in its sinister simplicity.