Mar 5th, 2010 · Spiderman was fired from his day job. As comic book fans know, Peter Parker is the real name of the man with a hidden life as a superhero. He's a photographer for the New York mayor. Or he was, until in a recent comic, he digitally altered a photo. He did that to catch a villain but it got him fired.
Feb 28th, 2010 · Melanie Benjamin's Alice I Have Been imagines the life and regrets of Alice Liddell, the real-life girl who served as the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice knew Carroll as Charles Dodgson, a neighbor who told her stories and photographed her as a young girl.
Feb 26th, 2010 · How do you take pictures of objects that are too small to photograph? George Whitesides and Felice Frankel, co-authors of the image-heavy book No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale, discuss nanoscience and the process of photographing particles smaller than photons.
Feb 20th, 2010 · Our Three-Minute Fiction contest continues: Write a short story based on a photograph. The catch: It must be short enough to be read on the air in three minutes or less. That's about 500 words.
Feb 14th, 2010 · Our Three Minute Fiction contest is back! Host Guy Raz kicks it off with a new judge — writer and All Things Considered book reviewer Alan Cheuse — and a brand-new challenge: Write a short story based on a photograph. The catch: It must be short enough to be read on the air in three minutes or less. That's 500 words or so.
Feb 12th, 2010 · For the third round of our contest, we want you to send us original works of fiction inspired by this photograph. NPR book critic Alan Cheuse will choose a winning story to be read on-air, and meanwhile, we'll keep posting our favorite entries right here.
Jan 28th, 2010 · Just Kids, a new memoir from punk icon Patti Smith that recounts her longtime friendship, romance and creative collaboration with famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, debuts at No. 4.
Jan 25th, 2010 · Before either of them were famous, Patti Smith shared a romance and a deep friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Critic Michael Schaub says her new memoir, Just Kids, is a gift to anyone who has ever been touched by their art.