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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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Rachel Kushner's new espionage thriller may be her coolest book yet
In Creation Lake, a hard-drinking American spy infiltrates a radical farming collective in a remote region of France. Kushner challenges readers to keep up with her and not to flinch.
Biographer Sought To Write The Kind Of Book Lou Reed 'Deserved'
by Terry Gross
"It wasn't like I had to go looking for the drugs and the sex," Anthony DeCurtis, author of Lou Reed: A Life, told Fresh Air in 2017. "Lou wrote about it ... so I felt it was fair game."
Corruption, Scandal And The Multi-Billion Dollar Business Of College Basketball
by Dave Davies
Writer Michael Sokolove explains how college basketball programs manipulate young athletes for the benefit — and profit — of adults. His new book is The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino.
New, Magnificently Obsessive 'Suspiria' Is More Rebirth Than Remake
by Justin Chang
Luca Guadagnino's version of Dario Argento's 1977 horror classic departs from the original in every way imaginable. Critic Justin Chang says the 2018 Suspiria showcases an "astounding level of craft."
'Amarcord Nino Rota' Returns — And It's Well Worth The Wait
by Kevin Whitehead
A just-reissued album, from 1981, features diverse musicians playing songs that Nino Rota composed for Federico Fellini movies. Critic Kevin Whitehead calls it a charming album that's long overdue.
Paul Dano On 'Wildlife,' And The Different Anxieties Of Acting And Directing
by Terry Gross
The Love & Mercy star steps behind the camera for Wildlife, an adaptation of Richard Ford's novel about a boy whose parents are separating. The film was informed by Dano's parents' relationship.