Years ago, writer Pico Iyer lost everything in a wildfire. This is what he learned
After a 1990 wildfire destroyed his home and possessions, Iyer started over. The loss led him to a Benedictine monastery, where he found comfort and compassion in solitude. His new memoir is Aflame.
Mavericks' Singer Raul Malo Restlessly Explores Genres
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
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
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
Eddie Henderson may never have quite gotten his due, but there's still time to correct that.
In The Northern Ireland Period Thriller '71,' No One Dies Well
The film is about an English private who is cut off from his unit in the middle of a riot in Belfast in 1971. It's a conventional and smashingly good chase melodrama, but it's also a tragedy.
Fresh Air Pays Tribute To The 50th Anniversary Of Bloody Sunday
On March 7, 1965, marchers from Selma, Ala., attempted to cross a bridge to demonstrate in support of voting rights. Selma director Ava DuVernay, John Lewis and J.L. Chestnut reflect on that day.
In 'The Buried Giant,' Exhausted Medieval Travelers 'Can't Go On,' But So 'Go On'
Kazuo Ishiguro's latest recalls the plays and novels of Samuel Beckett. It's a masterful blend of fantasy, Arthurian romance, myth, legend and postmodern absurdity — and it's unforgettable.
A 'Girl In A Band': Kim Gordon On Life After Sonic Youth
Gordon co-founded Sonic Youth with Thurston Moore. When their marriage broke up in 2011, so did the band. Gordon talks about rebuilding her life, writing her memoir and her new band Body/Head.