Universities and colleges
Jane Smiley's Newest Tries to Fulfill the Promise of Her Last Name
Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the imaginative author's comic novel, Moo.
Neither of These College Films Deserves High Marks.
Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead fills in for Stephen Schiff and reviews two new movie releases--"With Honors" with Joe Pesci and "PCU" with David Spade. They're both campus comedies.
The History of Yale's Poets and Spies
Fresh Air book critic John Leonard reviews a new book by Robin W. Winks, which tells the story of the OSS and CIA's recruitment of scholars at Yale University.