A new project is building on that collection, but this time with a much more inclusive catalog.
“Sorry, Wrong Number” broke all the rules of radio drama by killing off its main character — a harmless, if unpleasant, bedridden woman.
Graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang is the new national ambassador for young people’s literature — the first comics artist to hold that post.
In the 1950s, the Swan Silvertones turned the old spiritual “Mary, Don’t You Weep” into a recording that has inspired everyone from Paul Simon to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
When Gloria Gaynor recorded the B-side to her 1978 single, she knew it was a hidden hit.
The First Family broke new ground for comedy by openly mocking the Kennedys — even though it was recorded during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
