Why My Mom Left Me Out Of Her Book
Frank and Lucky Get Schooled author Lynne Rae Perkins wrote a book about her son Frank and their dog Lucky. But she left one important person out — her daughter Lucy.
Arts
When King Came To Chicago: See The Rare Images Of His Campaign — In Color
Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went north, leading the Chicago Freedom Movement. Bernard Kleina and his camera were there, too — and the former priest walks NPR through his color photos.
Actor Kevin Hart On Comedy, 'Central Intelligence' And Lessons From His Mom
Hart has drawn enormous crowds to his stand-up shows and comedy films. The actor/comic says he owes a lot to his mom. "She never let me start something without finishing it."
Compassion Drove Dad To The Salad Bar — That, And Fear Of Alien Abduction
Her grandparents were vegetarian out of fear of eating reincarnated ancestors. Her father, out of compassion for animals and X-Files-inspired thinking. But it wasn't so great for family unity.
Never Mind The White Dress, Turns Out Emily Dickinson Had A Green Thumb
Archaeologists are working to unearth the poet's original gardens and bring the homestead back to its natural state. The hope is to revive the plants and flowers she vividly described in her poetry.
Not My Job: Three Questions For Actor Terry O'Quinn About Hair
Since O'Quinn doesn't have much going on in the hair department himself, we've decided to ask him three questions about Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical.
Artist June Leaf, Still Moving Fast At 86
June Leaf sculpts, paints and draws and she's been doing it for most of her 86 years. Now she's got a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
Annie Proulx's 'Barkskins' Is Lovely, Dark, and Deep
Annie Proulx's epic new novel is a multigenerational, multi-century epic about the fall of forests before human depredation — just don't think about how many trees went into its 700-plus pages.
Adopted From Abroad? Tell Us Your Food Stories
For many of us, food can serve as a way to explore our heritage. But what happens when you grow up in a family with a different ethnic, racial or cultural background than your own? Share your story.
'Finding Dory' Makes A Big Splash, With Slapstick Humor And Witty Dialog
Ellen DeGeneres gives voice to a memory-challenged fish in search of her parents in Pixar's follow-up to its 2003 hit Finding Nemo. Critic David Edelstein says Finding Dory is full of laughs.