'Next Door' Neighbors Gradually Learn To Get Along In Post-Apartheid Cape Town
Yewande Omotoso's new novel follows two South African widows in their 80s: Hortensia is black, Marion is white and both are set in their ways.
Arts
That's Me In The Spotlight, Losing My Religion
Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts hear from a woman who's nervous to tell her parents she's no longer religious.
Not My Job: We Ask Stephen Colbert 3 Questions Meant For Lena Dunham
We planned to have the creator and star of HBO's Girls on the show this week, but when a snowstorm kept her from joining us, we quickly tracked down someone who didn't have any Thursday evening plans.
'Lincoln In The Bardo' Pictures An American Saint Of Sorrow
George Saunders — acknowledged as a master of the short story — moves into novel form with Lincoln in the Bardo, a supernatural tale of President Lincoln grieving the death of his son Willie.
Broadway's Getting A New Theater, Which Is Also Its Oldest
In New York City, the venerable Hudson Theater reopens this week, after nearly a half-century of being used for other purposes. It's the newest addition to Broadway's 40 stages.
As Trump Mulls Funding Cuts For The Arts, An Artist Argues Against The NEA
NPR's Scott Simon talks to David Marcus, a senior contributor to The Federalist and the artistic director of a theater company in New York City, about defunding the National Endowment for the Arts.
Horror Tropes And Human Sadness In 'Universal Harvester'
Musician and author John Darnielle's new Universal Harvester follows three connected stories in three different eras, in an unsettling fairy tale about mysterious images that appear on video tapes.
Fires Burn — At A Distance — In Unnerving 'Separation'
Katie Kitamura's new novel follows an unnamed narrator who tails her estranged, disappeared husband to Greece — while keeping the ominous surroundings and disquieting emotions at a cool remove.
After A Stroke At 33, A Writer Relies On Journals To Piece Together Her Own Story
The stroke left Christine Hyung-Oak Lee unable remember things for more than 15 minutes. As she slowly got better, she was surprised to find that grief and recovery were inextricably linked.
'The Refugees' Author Says We Should All Know What It Is To Be An Outsider
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen fled Vietnam with his family when he was 4 years old. His new short story collection explores the refugee experience — and draws from his own.