Parting Words: On Autumn ****
Sep 21st, 2008 · Host Andrea Seabrook offers parting words from novelist George Eliot: "Delicious autumn. My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the Earth seeking successive autumns"
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Consuming The 2008 Campaign
Jul 3rd, 2008 · As the marathon presidential campaign heads for the autumn stretch, voters should consider going on a media diet, be honest about their own biases and search out sources with views other than their own.
IAEA Investigates Nuclear Sites in Syria
Jun 22nd, 2008 · A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Syria Sunday to visit an alleged nuclear site bombed by Israeli jets last autumn. U.S. officials believe the facility was a nuclear reactor under construction with clandestine help from North Korea.
'Father's Law' a Reflection of Wright's Masterpieces *
Jan 7th, 2008 · In 1940, Chicago-based author Richard Wright published Native Son, sparking a 20-year run of trailblazing for other African-American writers. Wright died of a heart attack in Paris in the autumn of 1960, leaving behind an unfinished novel, which his daughter is now publishing.
Edward Elgar's Post-War Concerto of Conviction
Oct 31st, 2007 · After World War I, the British were lamenting a lost era and eager for something new. Edward Elgar gave them a meditative, compelling cello concerto. Steven Isserlis plays Elgar's autumnal music in concert with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
'Autumn' Returns for Rock Band Pinback ****
Oct 8th, 2007 · Rob Crow and Zach Smith, members of the band Pinback, play tunes from their new album, Autumn of the Seraphs. Autumn is the indie rock band's fourth full-length album. The duo also brings in a pair of drummers, Mario Rubalcaba and Chris Prescott, on several tracks.
Features for the Fall: Hollywood Sobers Up
Sep 3rd, 2007 · After a summer of pure escapism, Hollywood has decided that this fall, audiences are ready for something real. We look ahead to the autumn box office, with films that range from the war in Iraq, to Jane Austen, to corporate corruption.
An Autumn Daydream, Five Months Early ****
Apr 30th, 2007 · Beach House's sleepy "Saltwater" never feels weary or tiresome. Instead, it floats along in a wispy haze of skittering drumbeats that rise and fall like heartbeats. As Victoria Legrand sings, "Love you all the time / even though you're not mine," her voice sounds powerful and stripped bare.
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