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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.
Bio Credits Manson's Terrible Rise To Right Place And Time
California parolee Charles Manson arrived in San Francisco in 1967, when the city was full of young seeking a guru. In Manson, Jeff Guinn says it was the perfect spot for him to enact his cult vision.
'Gone Girl': A Gripping Film That's More Fun Than The Book
by David Edelstein
Based on a screenplay by author Gillian Flynn, the movie is sensationally effective. It's made like a classic noir — evenly paced, with an elegance that in context is deeply perverse.
A Writer Moves To 'Bettyville' To Care For His Elderly Mom
In 2011, George Hodgman visited his mother Betty for her 91st birthday in Paris, Missouri. When he saw she needed care, he left Manhattan to live with her. But she still hasn't accepted that he's gay.
50 Years Of The Hollies
by Ed Ward
Not many bands can celebrate a silver anniversary, which is why Fresh Air music historian Ed Ward wishes more people made a bigger deal out of The Hollies.
Fresh Air Remembers Pioneering Documentary Filmmaker Albert Maysles
Maysles and his late brother David made the 1976 film Grey Gardens, a study of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' relatives who lived in squalor in their decaying mansion. He died last week at age of 88.
James McMurtry Is More Expressive Than Ever On 'Complicated Game'
by Ken Tucker
Complicated Game demonstrates a new range of style and subject matter for McMurtry.
Mavericks' Singer Raul Malo Restlessly Explores Genres
by Ken Tucker
In the band's latest album Mono, Malo demonstrates how he likes to make music that confounds the usual expectations of what a country hit-maker can do.
Nora Jane Struthers Is Wide Awake On New Album
by Ken Tucker
Given the content of the songs, the title Wake seems, in part, to refer to an awakening Struthers has had about who she is, what she wants to do, and how she wants to sound.
'Now Is The Time' For Organist Chris Foreman
by Kevin Whitehead
Foreman is one of a few Chicago jazz heroes who should be better known outside the city limits.
On 'Collective Portrait,' Eddie Henderson Is Still Taking Risks At 74
by Kevin Whitehead
Eddie Henderson may never have quite gotten his due, but there's still time to correct that.