Arts & Culture

Fly: The Unsung Hero of 20th-Century Science

October 2001

I Thought My Father Was God: and Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project

October 2001

Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden

October 2001

Recipes from Another Time

Savor the flavor of old St. Augustine and try a couple of these original recipes

October 2001

Points of View

Artist Paul Signac steps out of the shadow of his celebrated colleague, pointillist Georges Seurat, to star in a new exhibition at the Met

September 30, 2001

Mister Faulkner Goes to Stockholm

In six years, William Faulkner went from salaried Hollywood script doctor to winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. How had this miracle occurred?

September 30, 2001

Class Act

In Alabama, students turn tires and bales of hay into striking architecture for the poor

September 30, 2001

We Followed Odysseus

September 2001

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Thrill to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's chilling tale of betrayal, redemption and the albatross, illustrated with Gustave Doré's astonishing engravings.

September 2002

Virtue and Beauty

The Renaissance Image of the Ideal Woman

August 31, 2001

A Lens on the Land

Twelve noted photographers respond in images to areas designated by the Nature Conservancy as Last Great Places

August 31, 2001

Don Foster Has a Way With Words

Uncovered a Shakespeare elegy, confirmed Ted Kaczynski wrote the Unabomb Manifesto and identified Eric Rudolph as a suspect in the 1996 bombing

August 31, 2001

Meet Me at the Automat

Horn & Hardart gave big city Americans a taste of good fast food in its chrome-and-glass restaurants

August 2001

Verbal Shorthand

August 2001

Finding the Eye of the Whirlpool

Adventure photographer Peter McBride tells what it was like to shoot whirlpools while hanging from a ship's radio antenna.

July 31, 2001

Narrow Escapes in Literature

Curl up under a blanket and enjoy these whirlpool-inspired excerpts from works by Poe, Verne, Homer and others. Hot chocolate is recommended.

July 31, 2001

Excerpt from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

August 2001

Excerpt from Homer's Odyssey

At every chance the gods throw up mighty obstacles to prevent him from getting home even as the Lady Circe gives him the advice he needs to survive

August 2001

The Trade Show of Shows

In the $12 billion business expo industry, Las Vegas Comdex is the premier attraction

July 31, 2001

Dueling Banners

Proverbs in the asafo flags of Ghana

July 31, 2001