Tag: Arts & Life

Mbue’s novel was inspired in part by her own experiences growing up in Cameroon. Set in a fictional African village in the 1980s, it follows a group of villagers who take on an American oil company.

Early Morning Riser, by Katherine Heiny and Secrets of Happiness, by Joan Silber, ruminate on love and family — particularly the family that’s thrust upon you when you fall in love.

Jhumpa Lahiri’s new novel — which she wrote in Italian, then translated back to English herself — centers on a middle-aged Italian woman trying to figure out her place in the world.

Elissa Washuta’s White Magic is full of magic — and pain — as it deals with trauma while exploring cultural inheritance and the way attacks on Native women never stopped.

Abigail Tucker’s descriptions of how radically women may change at the time of motherhood — and, as an extension, how this might affect their ability to focus on other things — gets pretty harrowing.

In 1938, a housewife went to the press complaining of a poltergeist in her home — and a ghost hunter investigated. Kate Summerscale’s true tale is about women and power, anxiety, and choices.

As part of Morning Edition’s Song Project, Mark Ramos Nishita revisited the songwriting routine he implemented at the beginning of lockdown, and which changed dramatically throughout it.

In the early 19th century, hundreds of human skulls — many obtained from grave robbers — were assembled for the Morton Collection and used to lend scientific support to white supremacy.

Colbert has been taping Late Show without a studio audience during the pandemic — but he’s not always alone. Sometimes his wife Evie is in the room. If she laughs, he knows he’s on the right track.

April is National Poetry Month. We look at how people have turned to poetry for comfort and courage during the pandemic.

In her memoir, the late senator’s wife details a decision on emergency surgery in John McCain’s final days, reviews their 38 years of marriage — and offers her thoughts on Donald Trump.

We’ve talked about the ratings and who won what — but did the Oscars telecast work as good TV? Oscars producers made some unusual choices this year. We break down the good, the bad and the ugly.