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What does rapping have in common with a good children's book? A lively beat and rhyme. Rapper, comedian and actor, Ben Bailey Smith speaks to NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro about his book, "I Am Bear."

It's no secret that women are getting more prominent in the world of comics. But some women are tired of waiting for mainstream attention: They're turning to crowdfunding to get their projects done.

In the movies, "Mr. Smith" stands by his principles and prevails in the capital. In Cliff Sims's story, told in a new book, the hero descends into disillusionment — but not before enjoying the ride.

Thirty-eight people witnessed Genovese's murder in Queens, N.Y., and didn't do a thing about it, according to news reports from 1964. Fifty years later, a new book tells a different story.

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes recently stumbled onto a satellite radio channel called 80s Chillpill. And though she hadn't really missed any of these songs, they kicked off some serious nostalgia.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Gabino Iglesias, about his new book "House of Bone and Rain."

In a matter of a few years in the 1960s, Dick Van Dyke became a star on Broadway, television and the silver screen.

Read an exclusive excerpt of Allen Salkin's new history of the Food Network, From Scratch. It's an affectionate but unsparing look at a scrappy little startup network that became a national broadcasting behemoth — and brought people like Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray into millions of homes.

Opera Philadelphia's recently announced 2021-2022 season moves away from a traditional opera season, offering productions throughout the year and…

A number of private and government Web sites have put satellite and aerial photos of hurricane-damaged regions on its Web site -- allowing evacuees to scan damage to their communities, and sometimes even their own homes.