Arts
'Sweetness #9' Satirizes Food Wars And Artificial America
The novel is about a flavor chemist who tests a sweetener on lab rats and monkeys and finds side effects the company covers up. Author Stephan Eirik Clark says he was inspired by Fast Food Nation.
In Cunningham's Latest, Powerful Language Makes Up For Weak Plot
Michael Cunningham's newest novel is named after a fairy tale. But this is no Disney fantasy. Instead The Snow Queen is a story of death, drugs and aging (not always gracefully).
Thoughts Of Fall Butt Into Lazy Day Of Summer
For our look at summer poetry, we turn to Charlotte Boulay, a Philadelphia-based poet, with "The End of Summer." She offers a poem that, on its surface, is about an idyllic activity: taking a nap.
An Unlikely Psychologist-Patient Friendship Unfolds In 'The Story Hour'
Thrity Umrigar's new novel is about two women with "a mystical connection." Lakshmi is stuck in a loveless marriage. Dr. Maggie Bose decides Lakshmi doesn't need a shrink — she needs an escape.
Backstage at the Eastern Music Festival 2014
What makes the Eastern Music Festival one of the country's outstanding summer educational institutions and performance festivals?
In Acting And In Life, Lauren Bacall 'Loved The Idea Of Adventure'
Lauren Bacall died Tuesday in New York at the age of 89. In 1994, she talked with Fresh Air about her early career, working with Marilyn Monroe and her intense love affair with Humphrey Bogart.
Robin Williams: In Looking For Laughs, 'You Have To Be Deeply Honest'
The comedian and actor died Monday at age 63. In 2006, Williams spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about improvising, his training and how people expected him to act crazy.