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Three friends grow up in an isolated boarding school where they discover the disturbing purpose of their lives. They must grapple with young love while seeking a way to create their own future. Well adapted from a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, the film makes a strange premise feel very real. (Recommended)

From January 2009 to February 2010, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) examined every politically-themed book that The New York Times Book Review critiqued. FAIR says 95 percent of US authors reviewed in the publication were white, and 87 percent were male. The pool of book REVIEWERS tended to be even less diverse. Michel Martin talks about the study with Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, a former editor of The New York Times Book Review and current editorial director for Delphinium Books.

Mary Roach likes to tackle the big and scary topics: like death, in her book Stiff, and sex, in her book Bonk. Her latest, Packing For Mars, is about preparing human beings to travel in space.

The controversial Smithsonian exhibition Hide/Seek has sparked national debate — not for what's in it, mostly, but for what's been taken out. As the exhibit comes to a close, its curators look back and examine its role in the history of American culture wars.

Incoming Congresswoman Frederica Wilson of Florida caused a stir during her freshman orientation, when she challenged a ban on the wearing of hats on the floor of Congress. Is it possible to be a fashion diva or a Dapper Dan and a member of Congress? Host Michel Martin puts that question to Pulitzer Prize-winning style writer Robin Givhan.

Our comics blogger rounds up the week in funnybooks, which features an exhibition of naughty comics and some bedbug blogging.

According to one study, more than a third of college students don't measurably improve in critical thinking skills through four years of education. The study, presented in the new book Academically Adrift, measured, among other things, how much students improved in writing skills and how much they studied.

Daily Beast editor Tina Brown joins Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep to recommend some of the best things she has read lately. This month, she focuses on stories of change, choice and the limits of control.

Daily Beast Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown shares with Renee Montagne the best things she's been reading lately: on the growing pains of ambitious companies, working in your PJs and how losing your job can mean finding your life.

Daily Beast Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown shares the best reads about the evolution of the written word. Three of her recommendations involve the reinvention of publishing, and one will show you how to keep the "wingnuts" from getting you down.