Focus on Flowers

Richard Cecil reads his poems "Blue Star" and "The Sirens."

Japanese garden design is well known for its focus on different shades and textures of foliage, with a minimal use of flowers.

Music of Henry Purcell and the French Baroque on the ATMA Classique label.

Maura Stanton reads her poem "Class Assignment -- Thirteen Ways of Looking for a Poem," written in honor of Wendy Bishop, 1953 - 2003.

Lilac and lavender, roses and annual sweet-peas have distinctive and memorable scents.

Owen Johnson speaks with Columbia University journalism professor Michael Schudson, a scholar of the history and sociology of the news media.

Gluttony: found in music of the Renaissance and Baroque, and Les Voix Baroques performs early 17th-century carnival music.

Poet Keith Leonard reads "When She Talks About Her Drowned Father," We're Beginning to See What Cannot Stay," "Downburst," "Upheaval," and "Latitude."

Owen Johnson hosts this interview with Gay Talese, one of the founders of the “New Journalism.”