Modern Los Angeles serves as the setting for 13 stories in a new book from writer and poet Wanda Coleman. The collection is called Jazz & Twelve O'Clock Tales: New Stories.
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.