Leonard Cohen's Poem 'Kanye West Is Not Picasso,' As Read By Michael Shannon
Cohen talks Kanye, in the voice of Michael Shannon. It's all pretty straightforward, no?
Books
In 'My Brother's Husband Vol. 2,' Family Values (And The Value Of Family)
Part two of Gengoroh Tagame's heartfelt manga about a Japanese man coming to terms with his late brother's sexuality depicts an achingly real process of fits and starts, advancements and reversals.
Cult Icon John Waters On Breaking Taboos And Embracing Villains
The filmmaker behind Hairspray and Pink Flamingos made his name setting new lows in bad taste. The Baltimore Museum of Art now has a retrospective of his work. Originally broadcast 2004 and 2010.
How Notions Of Sex, Power And Consent Are Changing On College Campuses
Blurred Lines author Vanessa Grigoriadis says female college students were once told to protect themselves from sexual assault by learning self defense. Now, the focus is on changing men's behavior.
Three Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historians Aim To Put American Politics In Context
In new books, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Joseph J. Ellis — also Jon Meacham, whose tome hit shelves in May — aim to contextualize or contrast the Trump era with the leadership of previous presidents.
Memoir Of A Black Lives Matter Activist
DeRay Mckesson showed up in Ferguson, MO days after an unarmed black teenager was killed by a police officer — and took up residence in a new social justice movement that brought real reform to policing in America. The experience has never left him.
'Bitter Orange' Keeps The Tension Simmering
Claire Fuller's finely crafted psychological thriller follows a seemingly mousy, buttoned-up woman who becomes embroiled in a strange, voyeuristic triangle over the course of a country house summer.
How Presidents Have Appropriated War Powers From Congress
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to presidential historian Michael Beschloss about how presidents have chipped away at the congressional power to declare war. It's the subject of his book, Presidents of War.
'Florida,' 'Heartland' Among National Book Awards Finalists
"This year, instead of just celebrating the best American literature, we're celebrating the best literature in America," said Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation.
'The Reckonings,' Examines What It Means To Have Justice
Writing about topics as diverse as race, sexual assault, Hurricane Harvey, and art history, Lacy M. Johnson's essays are together a philosophy in disguise — equal parts memoir, criticism, and ethics.