Arts and Culture

Write What You Know Only If It's Interesting
By Virginia Prescott

Author Ann Patchett shares her secrets for crafting plot, getting revenge, and tapping into Nicole Kidman's expertise.

Through Veteran Eyes: The Stories of New Hampshire and Vermont Vets
By Laura Knoy

Through the pages of a new book we learn about the role troops from New Hampshire and Vermont played in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Green Fire Comes to Concord
By Virginia Prescott

Aldo Leopold is the subject of a film documentary called "Green Fire," making it's New Hampshire premiere at  Concord...

Openly Gay, Black Filmmaker Aims To Boost LGBTs In Media
By NPR Staff

Maurice Jamal is the man behind the 2007 "Dirty Laundry"-- a black and gay-oriented family film that was one of the first such films released in theaters. As part of LGBT Pride Month, guest host Allison Keyes speaks with Jamal about his career and GLO TV, his Urban LGBT television network....

Bob Mould Looks Inward, Shines 'A Little Light'
By Matt Morello

See a Little Light, the new memoir by Husker Du frontman Bob Mould, tries to make sense of the author's compulsions, his identity as a musician and a gay man and his escape from a life as a self-described "miserablist."

A Romantic Anthology Of Comically 'Agonizing Love'

Romance comics flourished in the 1940s and '50s, with titles like Was I a Wicked Wife? and Kisses Came Second. Pop culture writer Michael Barson collects some of his favorites in the new anthology, Agonizing Love: The Golden Era of Romance Comics. ...

'Life, Death And Politics' Treating Chicago's Uninsured

Dr. David Ansell's experiences treating patients at Chicago's public hospital for 17 years turned him into a strong advocate for national health care reform. He details what it was like to work with Chicago's uninsured patient population in a new memoir and social history.

Writers on a NE Stage

Writers on a New England Stage brings award-winning, nationally-recognized authors to the Music Hall stage in Portsmouth to talk about their works with NHPR's Virginia Prescott. Learn more>>

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