The new novel The Great Fire is the first work of fiction from Australian expatriate Shirley Hazzard since 1980. The story is set in Japan just after the end of World War II. Alan Cheuse has a review.
Alan Cheuse died on July 31, 2015. He had been in a car accident in California earlier in the month. He was 75. Listen to NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamburg's retrospective on his life and career.
“Draw what you know” has been the mantra of artist Jon J. Murakami for over three decades. You've probably seen his take on island life and the holidays on his Local Kine greeting cards.