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Classical Music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ on a live performance of Bellini''s opera "I Puritani" which features Luciano Pavarotti and Bevery Sills. (Legato Cla

Critic Ian Sansom's deeply informed and unapologetically digressive new book dives into Auden's life — as well as the life of his singular poem.

The current St. Francois County seal, designed in 2018 by a county commissioner who says he is "not artistically inclined," was upvoted thousands of times on Reddit's "CrappyDesign" forum.

Former president George H.W. Bush's pastor, Reverend Russell Jones Levenson Jr. of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his friendship with the president.

Kori Schake, a foreign policy adviser to President George W. Bush, is one of the Republicans who's declared support for Hillary Clinton. Scott Simon talks with her about her choice.

Whether you're looking for exciting dishes to serve at a summer cookout, or something to help you get out of a cooking rut, NPR's Books We Love project has suggestions for you.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD fills in for Stephen Schiff and reveiws two new movie releases--"With Honors" with Joe Pesci and "PCU" with David Spade. They''re both campus comedies.

Fifty years ago, Kyu Sakamoto was the face of a new postwar Japan: a clean-cut, 21-year-old pop idol. But professor Ian Condry says that underlying the sweetness of the hit song "Sukiyaki" was a story of sadness and loss.

President Trump has suggested that U.N. financial support should relate to U.S. priorities. Steve Inskeep talks to Mark Lagon, ex-deputy assistant secretary of state for international organizations.

The former president's book features his portraits of 43 immigrants — athletes, public servants, business leaders, educators — in an effort to join those saying, "The system's broken. Let's fix it."