Cost: $7 general admission; $30 meet and greet with author and copy of the book. Information and tickets: spokesman.com/northwest-passages/ For too long we’ve had ...
“This here song,” the late Huddie (“Lead Belly”) Ledbetter used to explain, “was made about a man an’ a girl was walkin’ along one Sunday evenin’. Jus’ befo’ this girl an’ man got to de house, she ...
In the musical “Hamilton,” George Washington croons to aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton, “History has its eyes on you.” But do the Founding Father’s words apply to kitchen staff, grunts in trenches and ...
The echoes of taps from yesterday’s celebration of Veterans Day have barely faded away. Not that we needed another reminder of veterans’ sacrifices but the time seemed to tell me that today is a good ...
Luis Alberto Urrea, please tell us about the photo, three women smiling, at the front of your new novel, "Good Night, Irene." LUIS ALBERTO URREA: Well, my mother was in Clubmobile corps for the Red ...
Today's episode features two novels intertwining family and wartime history. First, Anne Berest speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about The Postcard, based on the real-life holiday card her family ...
What is the psychic cost of heroism? In the approaches taken by mid-20th century writers like Ernest Hemingway, battlefields were proving grounds where a soldier might discover what it is to be a man.
Based on his mother’s real-life experiences, the novel focuses on two women who follow the troops as Red Cross volunteers. Bay Correspondent The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the ...
In the musical "Hamilton," George Washington croons to aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton, "History has its eyes on you." But do the Founding Father's words apply to kitchen staff, grunts in trenches and ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Luis Alberto Urrea about his new novel, "Good Night, Irene." It's based on his own mother's experiences working for the Red Cross in Europe during World War II. Luis ...
“Good Night, Irene” by Luis Alberto Urrea; Little, Brown (416 pages, $29) In the musical “Hamilton,” George Washington croons to aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton, “History has its eyes on you.” But do ...
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