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Joyce Carol Oates returns with The Falls, a haunting tale of tragedy and redemption. Set in Niagara, the waterfalls exert a deathly pull on two generations of a family. NPR's Lynn Neary speaks with the author.

It takes 33 pages to list all the recordings of cellist Janos Starker. After 72 years of playing the cello and instructing students from around the world, he has written a memoir. NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with Starker about a life spent in music.

Arlen Escarpeta, co-star of NBC's American Dreams, talks about his passion for the arts, his acting career and how NPR's Tavis Smiley faired portraying Thurgood Marshall on a recent episode of the American Dreams series.

Commentator Gustavo Arellano reviews Mexican singer Ely Guerra's latest CD, Sweet and Sour, Hot y Spicy.

In the newest installment of our series "Scenes I Wish I Had Written," NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with award winning playwright Marsha Norman. Norman tells us about her favorite scene from another writer's play.

Animation critic Charles Solomon reviews The Incredibles, the latest computer-animated film from Pixar. The highly anticipated film opens in U.S. theaters Friday.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews Alf's Hit Talk Show -- a new talk show hosted by the loveable (and some might say, mostly forgotten) 1980s alien puppet.

This election season, the American Institute of Graphic Arts asked members to design posters encouraging people to vote. The organization is now displaying more than 200 "get out the vote" posters on its Web site. NPR's Melissa Block speaks with some of the designers.

Slate contributor Ben Williams delivers a weekly roundup of what film critics are saying about this week's major new movie premieres -- The Grudge, Surviving Christmas and Sideways.

Slate contributor Ben Williams delivers a weekly roundup of what film critics are saying about this week's major new studio premieres -- Saw, Ray and Birth.