Making Peace With Peace: Snow Days And Seasons
Forced into a day off, our minds turn to breakfast, television, and the need for quiet.
Arts
With Porches And Parks, A Texas Community Aims For Urban Utopia
Austin's Mueller neighborhood is a new-urbanist dream, designed to be convivial, walkable and energy-efficient. Every house has a porch or stoop, and all the cars are hidden away.
King, Tyrant, Beheaded Traitor: The Many Trials Of Charles I
The British monarch ruled at a time of civil war — and was blamed for much of the bloodshed. In Killers of the King, Charles Spencer tells the story of the men who signed the king's death warrant.
'Find Me' Gets Lost Along The Way
Reviewer Jason Heller says Laura Van Den Berg's first novel has a stellar setup — mysterious young woman, post-disease-apocalypse — but drifts listlessly, never quite living up to its premise.
Watch This: The Akils On Black Film And TV You Can't Miss
The husband and wife team of Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil have created some of the most iconic African-American characters on television. This is their list of must-see shows and movies.
Black Slugs And 'Black Holes,' An Artful Portrait Of Depression
Jasmine Warga's debut young adult novel My Heart and Other Black Holes follows two teens who make a suicide pact, in a carefully layered character study that sometimes stumbles on the details.
Philip Levine Reads 'What Work Is'
Former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Levine died on Saturday at the age of 87. In Levine's memory, we air his reading of the poem "What Work Is."
Book Review: 'The Evening Chorus'
Alan Cheuse reviews The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphries.
One Playwright's 'Obligation' To Confront Race And Identity In The U.S.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has written a trilogy of provocative and fantastical explorations of race. His latest, based on a 1859 melodrama, pokes fun at conventions while raising difficult questions.