FRAN LEBOWITZ

“They’re more like friends than objects,” one passionate bookseller says. What are we to do with our flooded shelves?

Joan Didion, a master of rhythm and of the meaning of the unsaid, was remembered Wednesday as an inspiring and fearless writer and valued, exacting and sometimes eccentric friend.

From Dr. Anthony Fauci to Sacha Baron Cohen, the year's most popular Fresh Air web pages reflect the show's strength as a place where artists, authors and journalists speak to the moment.

Most writers write; Fran Lebowitz talks. The opinionated essayist and raconteur discusses the reaction of her parents to her outspoken manner; why she still smokes; and her thoughts on gay marriage.

A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the #1 Sunday morning news program