Creating Memorable Characters

May 17, 2016 Literature

This hour, we’ll talk with Amy Stewart, author of “Girl Waits With Gun,” about creating memorable characters – and we’ll get a preview of her next book due this fall.

This hour, we’ll talk with Hanya Yanagihara about her story of how friends who met in college started a life together in New York City. She writes about what turned their close relationship into something resembling a family in her novel “A Little Life.”

The Return Of Harper Lee

July 29, 2015 Literature

How does Go Set a Watchman have us reconsidering Atticus Finch and the rest of the Mockingbird universe? We’ll discuss with Thomas DiPiero, dean of the Dedman College of Humanities at SMU.

Taylor Stevens: Making It as a Novelist

July 9, 2015 Literature

This hour, we’ll talk to the Dallas resident about what it takes to break big as a novelist and about her latest effort, The Mask.

Bringing ‘Earnest’ To Millenials

April 2, 2015 Literature

Oscar Wilde’s comedy of manners, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” pokes fun at its era’s aristocratic norms. Kitchen Dog Theater has adapted the play to reflect current hipster culture and renamed it “Wilde/Earnest.” This hour we’ll talk about the show its creative team.

Korean War Memorial in D.C., Shutterstock

The Power of Remembrance

October 24, 2011 History, Literature

How do you measure the impact of a memorial, either public or private?