Arts
Meet The 'Capital Dames,' Civil War Washington's Secret Power Brokers
In her new book, Cokie Roberts explains how women like Mary Todd Lincoln and Jessie Benton Fremont influenced Washington's men of power when they weren't even allowed to vote.
Painting The 'Epic Drama' Of The Great Migration: The Work Of Jacob Lawrence
A rare exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art features 60 of Lawrence's paintings about the journey of 6 million African-Americans, who fled the segregated South during the Great Migration.
Ingrid Michaelson: Girl Chases Quiz Chases Girl
Indie pop star Ingrid Michaelson performs on her ukulele, turns on her Staten Island accent and covers a rewritten "Somebody That You Used to Know."
Actor Nick Kroll: 'I'm A Real Solid Uncle The First Hour'
"By hour three," Kroll says, "I'm either on my phone or taking a nap." He tells NPR how being a youngest sibling and uncle of 12 informed his new film, Adult Beginners.
A Puzzle As Easy As Falling Off A Log
Every answer to today's puzzle is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with L-O and the second word starts with G.
This Weekend, Investigate The 'Edges' Of Fred Moten's Musical Poetry
In honor of National Poetry Month, our latest Weekend Read is Fred Moten's collection The Little Edges. Poet Douglas Kearney says Moten's power is in his attention to music, both in text and subject.
A City Full Of Contradictions, And A Trilogy To Match In 'Nocturne'
The second volume of Anne Opotowsky's lavish trilogy about the Kowloon Walled City is like the city itself — vibrant and contradictory, its skilled atmospherics sometimes marred by sloppy art.
The World Music Education of Philip Glass
In his new memoir, Music Without Words, the composer explains how a chance meeting with Ravi Shankar sparked a fascination with the cultures of the world and their music.
Imagining The Power Of Edouard Manet's 'Very Active Muse'
Maureen Gibbon's new novel, Paris Red, delves into the life of Victorine Meurent, Manet's favorite model and the central figure in some of his most famous paintings.