In 'Emergency Contact,' Finding A Safe Space In Texts
Mary H.K. Choi's new novel follows Sam and Penny, both awkward and deeply damaged people, who forge a connection first through text messages and then in real life.
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'Tully Gets It': Charlize Theron Wants An Honest Conversation About Motherhood
Theron first read the film's script when her daughter was just a few months old. "It felt very familiar," she says. "I was like, wow, I just went through this."
How A Half-Hour In A U.S. Embassy Changed A Life
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to an immigrant, Christopher Francis from Sri Lanka, who was looking for the man who gave him a visa to enter the U.S. 45 years ago.
Burning Man Co-Founder Larry Harvey Dies At 70
The co-founder of the annual arts and culture festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert died on Saturday at 70. The event was born after Harvey burned a giant effigy on a beach in 1986.
Barbershop: Cosby Convicted, Kanye West's Tweets, Buffalo Bills Quarterback
This week in the Barbershop we take up Bill Cosby's guilty verdict, Kanye West's controversial tweets, and a newly drafted Buffalo Bills quarterback whose social media past has come back to haunt him.
#NPRPoetry Project: Final Listener Submissions
It's the last weekend in April, and the last weekend of the #NPRPoetry project on Twitter. NPR's Michel Martin shares some final submissions from listeners.
Not My Job: We Quiz H. Jon Benjamin, Voice Of 'Archer,' On Archery
If you've noticed that Sterling Archer of the animated Bond parody Archer and Bob Belcher of the animated family sitcom Bob's Burgers sound oddly alike that's because Benjamin is behind them both.
Fresh Air Weekend: CNN's Jake Tapper; Poet Gregory Pardlo
The CNN anchor talks about his new novel, The Hellfire Club. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a four-disc reissue of Louis Armstrong. Pardlo discusses his new memoir, Air Traffic.
'Carousel' Returns To Broadway
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel returns to Broadway for the first time in more than two decades. NPR's Scott Simon talks to opera star Renée Fleming, who has two showstoppers in the musical.
In 'The Red Caddy,' A Nearly-Lost Portrait Of A Complicated Friend
Some time in the 1990s, author Charles Bowden wrote a memoir of his friendship with prickly but legendary environmentalist Edward Abbey. And then it sat, neglected, on his computer — until now.