Sep 5th, 2008 · Science fiction isn't typical source material for opera. Which is why Placido Domingo was a little surprised when The Fly landed on his desk. But David Cronenberg and Howard Shore's opera opens Sept. 7 in Los Angeles.
Aug 30th, 2008 · Times are tough; city officials in Duluth, Minn. are hoping the sale of a stained glass Tiffany window can help solve some of the city's financial woes. The window, which depicts Longfellow's fictional princess Minnehaha, has been a part of Duluth's landscape since 1893.
Aug 24th, 2008 · During 40 years as fiction editor of the New Yorker magazine, William Maxwell worked with luminaries like Vladimir Nabokov and John Cheever. His own writings were often overshadowed by his job — but now they've been reissued by the Library of America to mark the centennial of his birth. NPR's Jacki Lyden finds out more about the man and his words.
Aug 14th, 2008 · Tan Twan Eng's debut novel is The Gift of Rain which is set in his home country Malaysia. Mosquito by Roma Tearne is set in Sri Lanka during the ongoing civil war.
Aug 12th, 2008 · Published on the verge of the author's 89th birthday, Doris Lessing's Alfred & Emily is an idiosyncratic combination of personal history, public history and fiction — all about her father and mother.
Aug 10th, 2008 · The Hugo Awards are the Pulitzers of science fiction writing. Saturday, the World Science Fiction Society handed out the Hugos at the group's annual convention in Denver. Michael Chabon, winner of the Best Novel trophy and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Yiddish Policemen's Union," talks to Andrea Seabrook about the awards.
Aug 1st, 2008 · Reviewer Alan Cheuse takes a look at Ralph Reed's debut novel, "Dark Horse," a book about a fictional presidential race from the former head of the Christian Coalition.
Jul 30th, 2008 · Folklorist Patricia Turner discusses "Uncle Tom" — the lead character in the anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe — as part of NPR's In Character series. The series examines the fictional characters who have defined American life.