Nov 9th, 2008 · A new book out this week compiles poems and memoirs from women veterans. It's called, "Powder: Writing by Women in the Ranks, from Vietnam to Iraq." The women share experiences, such as interrogating suspected terrorists and fending off advances from Iraqi men. Host Liane Hansen talks to Charlotte Brock, a former Marine Corps officer who wrote an essay about trying to identify dead bodies in Iraq. Warning: Graphic content.
Nov 3rd, 2008 · Currently based in Barcelona, Cineplexx is the work of Argentinean-born musician and graphic artist Sebastian Litmanovich. Though his name may be unfamiliar to many, Litmanovich is no newcomer. Inspired during a study abroad stint in New York City in 1996, he's been creating music under the Cineplexx name for the past decade. He's also collaborated with numerous artists, including fellow Argentine Federico Aubele who plays bass on two of the tracks on Cineplexx's latest album, Picnic.
Oct 12th, 2008 · Donna Giannola is a 49-year-old graphic designer who has been laid off three times in the last decade and is struggling to stay afloat.
Oct 1st, 2008 · In this horror story, the terror is real. After 9/11: America's War on Terror (2001 - ) uses the tools of visual storytelling to unravel the tangled tale of U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sep 13th, 2008 · NPR has created a new graphic that looks at the political books about the candidates that people are reading. It examines which states are blue or red.
Sep 5th, 2008 · Bottomless Belly Button, Dash Shaw's portrait of good people with a desperate, bourgeois dignity, is a welcome break from the comic genre's usual angst-ridden post-modernity.
Aug 13th, 2008 · The latest volume in a spellbinding series of lush, graphic short-story collections melds diverse influences into modern fairy tales of vision and wonder.
Aug 12th, 2008 · Millions of people thought they were watching live fireworks as part of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. It turns out, those vivid fireworks were really computer graphics created by a team of hundreds of Chinese visual effects specialists who worked nearly a year to pull it off.