New York's currently: doing Holly rightly Tom DeLay steps down after being charged with funneling corporate money. Despite accusations of partisanship, DeLay's prosecutor guns for both sides. Constance Baker Motley--first black female federal judge, first female Manhattan borough president--dies at 84. First Baghdad film
For those who knew the wacky shirts were actually a comedian’s armor. For those with an answering machine message that said “Hi dee ho!” For those who’ve ever been lost out there and all alone. Excerpts from the forthcoming Dave Coulier fan fiction anthology.
The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake is a collection of works by one of the best American short story writers you’ve probably never heard of. He was a young man, middle-class born, whose adopted mountain-man persona informed his dark, emotional tales of Appalachian life. Having published
In which the saga is revealed that bred Gary Benchley; inspired a circus of half-loving, half-betrayed fans; landed a book deal; and even—truly—forced a trip to the hospital after Benchley almost gave his author a heart attack.
We are so excited about Gary Benchley, Rock Star—the fabulous new book that builds on (and completes!) Paul Ford’s much-loved series on TMN—that, starting today, and through October, we will be giving away one free copy of the book each weekday (thank you, Plume) to the
New York's currently: too late for the cream cheese, just missed the jelly, and aching for that last pat of butter Ex-FEMA director gives panel testimony, eschews blame game in favor of that wasn't in my job description. Louisiana's staggering hurricane losses, in
As it turns out, the rules of science are more flexible than you’d think. When you tinker with the mechanics of the universe, however, you’d better be prepared for drastic repercussions.
Imagine every Haruki Murakami novel came with its own bar pianist—that’s Solo Piano by Gonzales (the Paris-based producer of Feist, Manu Chao, many others). Unfortunately only an import for now, it’s a beautifully spare collection of piano melodies, part Gershwin, part Lizst, part missing film score
New York's currently: perfect, weather-wise More than 3,000 killed in Baghdad since late spring. Bush urges conservation. We repeat: Bush urges conservation. Five-year-olds determine sadness solely from tempo and not from mode. Do kids recognize emotion in music? Rita's evacuees urged to
Here’s the maddening thing about toddlers. They prefer Murray Wiggle to Nina Totenberg. Being a stay-at-home dad has seriously cut into my radio time, but NPR podcasts have become my time-shifting heroes. Subscribe by category or just download the most popular stories of each day. Will
