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FA | Book Reviews

If These 2 Titles Remind You Of Masterful Suspense Novels, They Should

August 19, 2019

Laura Lippman's Lady in the Lake recollects Raymond Chandler's fourth Philip Marlowe novel and Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key recalls Henry James' The Turn of the Screw. Happily, they both live up.

FA | Shots - Health News

Cave Diver Risks All To Explore Places 'Where Nobody Has Ever Been'

August 19, 2019

"The big picture of survival is sometimes so hard to see, but we always know what we can do to make the next best step toward survival," says cave diver, photographer and memoirist Jill Heinerth.

FA | Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend: Colson Whitehead's 'The Nickel Boys'; Quitting Opioids Alone

August 17, 2019

Colson Whitehead bases The Nickel Boys on a brutal, segregated reform school in Florida. And after a bad motorcycle crash, Travis Rieder wrote In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle With Opioids.

FA | Television

'Mindhunter' Actor Jonathan Groff On His Most Life-Altering Roles

August 16, 2019

Groff told Fresh Air in 2017 that his work on HBO's Looking changed his life: "It's ... the most personal thing I've worked on." He stars in the Netflix series Mindhunter, now in its second season.

FA | Movie Reviews

'Bernadette' Is A Stirring Tribute To A Woman Rediscovering Her True Calling

August 16, 2019

Where'd You Go, Bernadette follows a brilliant architect who, in the midst of a decades-long career slump, disappears to recapture her life's passion in the unlikeliest place imaginable.

FA | Music Interviews

Remembering Bob Wilber, A Standard Bearer For Traditional Jazz

August 15, 2019

The saxophonist and clarinetist, a student of Sidney Bechet and thusly a specialist in early styles, died Aug. 4 at the age of 91. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1988.

FA | TV Reviews

Anthology Series 'Why Women Kill' Weaves 3 Mysteries In 3 Decades

August 15, 2019

The creator of Desperate Housewives is back with a new dark comedy on CBS All Access that shifts between three different storylines. It stars Lucy Liu, Ginnifer Goodwin and Kirby Howell-Baptiste.

FA | Animals

How Hannah Shaw, The 'Kitten Lady,' Rescues The Most Fragile Felines

August 15, 2019

The professional cat advocate and caretaker has penned a new guide, Tiny but Mighty, on how to adopt neonatal kittens, who are often too vulnerable to be housed in standard animal shelters.

FA | Television

On 'Pose,' Janet Mock Tells The Stories She Craved As A Young Trans Person

August 14, 2019

As a writer, director and producer of the TV series about the underground ballroom community in 1980s New York, she says the work sometimes makes her tear up.

FA | Business

'Kochland': How The Koch Brothers Changed U.S. Corporate And Political Power

August 13, 2019

In a new book, Christopher Leonard chronicles how Koch Industries acquired huge businesses, limited its liability and created a political influence network to remake the GOP.

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If These 2 Titles Remind You Of Masterful Suspense Novels, They Should

Cave Diver Risks All To Explore Places 'Where Nobody Has Ever Been'

Fresh Air Weekend: Colson Whitehead's 'The Nickel Boys'; Quitting Opioids Alone

'Mindhunter' Actor Jonathan Groff On His Most Life-Altering Roles

'Bernadette' Is A Stirring Tribute To A Woman Rediscovering Her True Calling

Remembering Bob Wilber, A Standard Bearer For Traditional Jazz

Anthology Series 'Why Women Kill' Weaves 3 Mysteries In 3 Decades

How Hannah Shaw, The 'Kitten Lady,' Rescues The Most Fragile Felines

On 'Pose,' Janet Mock Tells The Stories She Craved As A Young Trans Person

'Kochland': How The Koch Brothers Changed U.S. Corporate And Political Power

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