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This interview was originally broadcast on Dec. 10, 2012.
It has been more than six years since Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, concluded his enormously popular 13-volume young adult series, A Series of Unfortunate Events. Handler recently revived the Snicket narrator, however, in his YA novel Who Could That Be at This Hour?
The book is the first of a series — All the Wrong Questions — and a prequel to A Series of Unfortunate Events. It tracks the young Snicket's adventures during his apprenticeship at the V.F.D., a mysterious organization that readers familiar with the Snicket stories will recognize.
While the Unfortunate Events books play with ideas about gothic literature, All the Wrong Questions explores detective-noir conventions. Handler tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that initially, he had concerns about writing in a noir style for younger readers, not least because of the central role of the genre's femme fatale characters and their sexualized personas. But then he had an epiphany that freed him from this worry: In noir, he realized, the detective and the femme fatale are doing the exact same thing.
"They're both confined by their circumstances," he says, "and they're both making their own moral path through a world that is sinister and secretive. ... I think it's what draws them together, and also what makes them fight. ... You could have a detective and a mysterious young girl who are birds of a feather and who can't stand one another, and who are unapologetic about making their way in a world that seems to have no place for them."
While the genres and storylines may vary, the common denominator among the Snicket books, says Handler, is a "proud Snicket tradition of a reassurance that dark things are, in fact, there. ... That a terrible thing can happen at any moment, and it is up to you to persevere through it." This is true, as well, he says, of his new picture book and collaboration with illustrator Jon Klassen for younger readers, The Dark, which came out last week.
Interview Highlights
On how the journey of a detective mirrors that of childhood
"An outsider is trying to make his way in a mysteriously corrupt world, and ... all instructions turn out to be false. ... All people turn out to have secrets that are hidden, and ... the detective tries to find his own moral stance and own path through that environment. And that seemed to me to also be like the journey of childhood."
On using sophisticated vocabulary in his books
"[C]ertainly when the 12th volume of A Series of Unfortunate Events came out, which was called The Penultimate Peril, I found that there were people who knew what that word ['penultimate'] meant and people who didn't, but that that line was not along age lines at all. I remember there was an article in a newspaper that said, 'It's the penultimate book from the penultimate author.' They were just sort of using the word as some kind of placeholder, whereas children learned quickly what it meant and were more quick to adopt it.
"You see failed vocabulary in the adult world so often, and it's often because once you reach a certain age you're kind of embarrassed to go look up a word if you don't know what it means. And then you just start using it however it feels right. ... I think children are less embarrassed to go look up the truth."
On how Peter and the Wolf inspired Handler's new opera with composer Nathaniel Stookey
"I was asked to narrate ... a performance of Peter and the Wolf, and the music is beautiful, and the story is insipid. And so I said to Mr. Stookey [my collaborator on the project], 'Why don't we do something that could actually introduce the instruments to young people, but isn't as really a boring a story as Peter and the Wolf?' And so from that The Composer Is Dead was born. ... [E]ach section of the orchestra demonstrates its sonic color and is also interrogated. It's a mystery — the composer is dead [literally] — and so we like to say it's like Peter and the Wolf meets an episode of Law and Order."
On his formative experiences with classical music
"My parents met at the opera, met at a performance of the opera. They were both in the audience. And classical music was the only music that I heard for many, many years. ... And then I was also a member of the San Francisco Boys Chorus growing up, which performed with the opera and with the symphony and all sorts of classical opportunities. I had a very, very strict and traditional musical upbringing, and then I had puberty, which wrecked my career as a boy soprano. My parents like to say they considered castration in order that I could continue to be a soprano, but in the long run having secondary sex characteristics has really paid off for me, so I don't regret it."
On what scared him as a child
"Everything. Tall trees. People in tall trees climbing up to the top of them and leaping upon my window. That was a large source of concern for me. Kidnapping. I remember when my mother finally explained to me that it would be extremely unlikely that I would get kidnapped because they didn't have any money, that kidnappers were after money. ... I wish that had been explained to me years previously. She said, 'You know ... we couldn't possibly pay ransom for you that would be rewarding for a kidnapper, so you probably won't be snatched up.' That was of intense relief."
This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, editor of the website TV Worth Watching, sitting in for Terry Gross. On today's show we have an encore appearance with Lemony Snicket. That's the pen name of today's guest, Daniel Handler, who wrote the series of satirical gothic novels for young adults called "A Series of Unfortunate Events."
His new book, "The Dark," a picture book for younger kids illustrated by Jon Klassen, is about a child who is afraid of the dark until it comes up from the basement to the boy's bedroom. Terry spoke with Daniel Handler last year about his new Lemony Snicket series called "All the Wrong Questions," which has the 12-year-old Snicket as a detective investigating a series of perplexing mysteries. The first book in the series is called "Who Could That Be At This Hour?"
At the heart of the mystery is a precious sculpture that has disappeared, a sculpture of a beast. Think "The Maltese Falcon" and other noir classics but rewritten as a satire for young adults. Let's start with a scene from the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon." Peter Lorre's character, the mysterious Joel Cairo, is hiring Humphrey Bogart's character, detective Sam Spade, to find the valuable sculpture known as the Maltese Falcon.
HUMPHREY BOGART: (As Sam Spade) Now what can I do for you, Mr. Cairo?
PETER LORRE: (As Joel Cairo) See, Mr. Spade, I'm trying to recover an ornament that, shall we say, has been mislaid. I thought and hoped you could assist me. The ornament is a statuette, black figure of a bird. I am prepared to pay, on behalf to the figure's rightful owner, the sum of $5,000 for its recovery. I'm prepared to promise that, what is the phrase, no questions will be asked.
BIANCULLI: Now here's Daniel Handler reading from the latest Lemony Snicket detective novel, a passage inspired by that scene in "The Maltese Falcon."
DANIEL HANDLER: (Reading) I'm in desperate need of your assistance, she began. A priceless item has been stolen from my home, and I need to get it back. First, Theodore said, we'll need to know what the item is. I know that, the woman snapped. I was just about to tell you. It's a small statue about the size of a bottle of milk. It's made of an extremely rare species of wood that is very shiny and black in color.
(Reading) The statue has been in my family for generations and has been valued of upward of a great deal of money. A great deal of money, Theodore repeated thoughtfully. When was it stolen?
(Reading) That I do not know, Mrs. Sallis said. I have not been in this room for quite some time, and normally the statue is kept there in the library, on the mantel over there. We looked at the mantel. Sure enough, there was nothing on it.
Daniel Handler, welcome back to FRESH AIR. So when we last left off, you were writing gothic novels for children. Why did you switch now to the detective genre?
HANDLER: Well, towards the end of writing "A Series of Unfortunate Events," I just picked up a Raymond Chandler novel, more or less at random, and I found it so magical and so astonishing and also that the journey of the detective in such - in the novel and then in other novels that I read that followed, seemed to mirror that of childhood, that an outsider is trying to make his way in a mysteriously corrupt world and that all instructions turn out to be false, that all people turn out to have secrets that are hidden and that the detective tries to find his own moral stance and own path through that environment.
And that seemed to me to be also like the journey of childhood. So I said to myself if I ever write another series, it would be to noir novels what "A Series of Unfortunate Events" was to the gothic novel.
GROSS: So now let's start with a reading from the beginning of your new book, "Who Could That Be At This Hour?" by Lemony Snicket, aka Daniel Handler.
HANDLER: (Reading) There was a town, and there was a girl, and there was a theft. I was living in the town, and I was hired to investigate the theft, and I thought the girl had nothing to do with it. I was almost 13, and I was wrong. I was wrong about all of it. I should have asked the question: Why would someone say something was stolen when it was never there to begin with? Instead, I asked the wrong question, four wrong questions, more or less. This is the account of the first.
(Reading) The Hemlock Tea Room and Stationery Shop is the sort of place where the floors always feel dirty, even when they are clean. They were not clean on the day in question. The food at The Hemlock is too awful to eat, particularly the eggs, which are probably the worst eggs in the entire city, including those on exhibit at the Museum of Bad Breakfast, where visitors can learn just how badly eggs can be prepared.
(Reading) The Hemlock sells paper and pens that are damaged and useless, but the tea is drinkable, and the place is located across the street from the train station. So it is an acceptable place to sit with one's parents before boarding a train for a new life.
(Reading) I was wearing the suit I'd been given as a graduation present. It had hung in my closet for weeks, like an empty person. I felt glum and thirsty. When the tea arrived, for a moment the steam was all I could see. I'd said goodbye to someone very quickly and was wishing I'd taken longer. I told myself that it didn't matter and that certainly it was no time to frown around town.
(Reading) You have work to do, Snicket, I told myself. There was no time for moping. You'll see her soon enough in any case, I thought, incorrectly.
GROSS: And that's Daniel Handler, reading from his new Lemony Snicket novel "Who Could That Be At This Hour?" Well, I think you found, like, one more connection there between children and detectives. Detectives are always eating bad food at, like, cheap diners. And in this case it's bad eggs. And children are always being told to eat their eggs, and a lot of kids don't like eggs.
HANDLER: Well, I think bad food is frightening when you're a child. You can't believe that you're being served something that you don't like and that you're expected to eat it. And I think you have that experience in adulthood, but it tends to be your own fault. You know, you're hungry, and you're in an airport, and you've ordered a sandwich, and you think oh, well, here we go. I'm trapped here. I'm actually going to put this in my mouth. And when you're a child, you're being served that someplace.
GROSS: Oh, and one more connection: Detectives are always being told contradictory things, you know, from all the, you know, mysterious people who are misleading them in different directions. And children are always getting advice from adults, and the advice that they get isn't always the same from adult to adult, and it's very confusing.
HANDLER: It is. It's very confusing. You know, one thing that is different since the last time we spoke is that I now have a child. And so I'm now forced...
GROSS: Who is how old?
HANDLER: He's nine. He's just turned nine. And I'm forced to explain the world to him all the time, and I'm aghast at my own complete failure.
HANDLER: I just can't - yeah.
HANDLER: My wife and I tell this story a lot.
GROSS: Are you an unreliable narrator?
HANDLER: Well, I just realized I have hardly any explanation for anything at all. We were listening to this song by Kraftwerk, "We Are the Robots," and he said to me: Are they pretending to be robots? And I said yes, they are. And then he said: Are the Beatles pretending to be Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band? And I said: I think they are.
HANDLER: And he said: But aren't they pretending to be beetles? And I felt suddenly the knowledge of the world just absolutely slipping out of my brain. I thought: Why did they call themselves The Beatles? That doesn't make any sense at all.
GROSS: Well, one story is that it was a play on Buddy Holly and the Crickets, and they were The Beatles.
HANDLER: Right, but when did musicians start calling themselves things that they weren't?
GROSS: Like yes, exactly.
HANDLER: When did that happen, and how do I explain that to my child in such a way that it makes sense, let alone, you know, explaining the horrors of the world or anything.
GROSS: So one thing you can't have in a children's detective book is the kind of sexual sparks that fly between the detective and the femme fatale. And also the detective is often slipped a Mickey by the villain. And, you know, it's like a Mickey Finn, which is, you know, a drink with a drug that's secretly slipped in to, kind of, knock...
HANDLER: Yes, oh I know what a Mickey is, Terry Gross.
GROSS: No, I'm explaining it to anybody who is not familiar with noir film. But anyways, so in your novel, your children's detective novel, there's a drink with laudanum in it. And my goodness, laudanum is like an opiate, which you explain. What is an opiate doing in your book for children?
HANDLER: Well, I think in some ways it comes out of the same fear of food that we were just discussing, that the novel begins with Lemony Snicket at this Hemlock Tea Room and Stationery Shop, and he's being served a cup of tea by people who may or may not be his parents, and it turns out that the tea is laced with something that would knock him unconscious.
And I think that that's - both fits into the noir tradition of people drinking the wrong thing and ending up unconscious, and to the tradition of childhood in which beverages that you don't know about are scary. And what is scary about them is you imagine some unearthly thing might happen to you.
GROSS: So not that I object, but do you think some parent is going to think opiate? I guess you're not worried about that? It's not that I'm worried, yeah.
HANDLER: I couldn't agree more, as a parent. I strongly urge people not to serve opiates to their children.
HANDLER: And I think if anything, "Who Could That Be At This Hour?" makes a very powerful case for not drugging children. I don't mind getting on a soapbox about this: You shouldn't drug children.
GROSS: So there's all kinds of, like, references...
HANDLER: Other children's authors have expressed no opinion on this. Where's Beverly Cleary on this issue, I wonder?
GROSS: So there's all kinds of references and jokes which no child is going to get in your book, just like Ellington alone, there's a character named Ellington Feint. There's a room that's called The Far East Suite, which is of course named after one of his extended works. There's a book that the main character finds on a bookshelf, which is called "An Analysis of Brown, Black and Beige," which is of course a reference "Black, Brown and Beige," an Ellington composition.
You know, it's so much fun to read all the references in your book, and - but every time I came across a proper noun that I didn't get as a reference, I thought, like, uh, missing something.
GROSS: I'm missing something here; I don't get it. But one I'm patting myself on the back for is Dr. Flamarian, which I assume is named after "The Great Flamarian," which is a 1945 film starring Erich von Stroheim as a sharpshooter who has a stage act where the femme fatale in this movie, his girlfriend, is his assistant, and he's always kind of like shooting things out of her arms and shooting targets behind her, and then she cons him into doing a murder on her behalf.
HANDLER: Yeah, it's really a depressing bit of sexual projection that he spends a lot of time shooting things off her.
GROSS: Perfect for a children's book, yes.
BIANCULLI: Children's author Daniel Handler, also known by his pen name Lemony Snicket, will be back with Terry after a break, and he'll have his accordion. This is FRESH AIR.
BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, in for Terry Gross. Let's get back to Terry's interview with author Daniel Handler, who writes novels for young adults under the pen name Lemony Snicket. Terry spoke to him last year about his new Lemony Snicket detective novel "Who Could That Be At This Hour
GROSS: As you did the research for the book, and you were watching and reading a lot of noir, what are some of the things you noticed that you didn't notice when you were watching and reading more casually?
HANDLER: Well, the big thing I got very interested in was the relationship between the detective and the femme fatale because that was something that at first glance seemed that you couldn't put in a children's book because it's so sexualized. But what actually became clear is that the detective and the femme fatale are both doing the exact same thing in a noir story.
They're both confined by their circumstances, and they're both making their own moral path through a world that is sinister and secretive. And so a femme fatale is a showgirl or the displaced daughter of a tycoon or a girl who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks and will do anything not to return there.
And a detective often has similar circumstances, and they're both involved in this same mystery, and I think it's what draws them together and also what makes them fight. And once I realized that, that they were really doing the same thing, I saw a way to put that into a children's book, that you could have a detective and a mysterious young girl who are birds of a feather and also sometimes can't stand one another and who are unapologetic about making their own way in a world that seems to have no place for them.
GROSS: So one of the things you've done in your new detective book for children, "Who Could That Be At This Hour?" is you've revived some really old slang, like, you know, roadster for car, ruffian and then gimcrack or gimcrack. I've never even known - I've run across this word. I've never known what it manes. I've never even been sure how to pronounce G-I-M-C-R-A-C-K. So I'm turning to you. What does it mean?
HANDLER: Well, it means a piece of junk, although also sometimes it's used an adjective. I'm seen gimcrack construction, but - so it can both be a word for a kind of a white elephant, for a useless object that somebody gives you, but it can also be a synonym for shoddy, and that charmed me.
But I mean, I like a weird word. So I like reading a book and finding a word that has fallen out of use. I'm happy to return roadster to the lexicon. If one child mentions roadster when they're talking about their carpool, then I will have won.
GROSS: Don't count on it.
GROSS: You're always putting in, like, interesting words that are above the vocabulary level of the children that you're writing for, and you find funny words, funny ways of defining those words in context. So good for you.
HANDLER: Well thank you. I mean, it's not - what I found certainly when the 12th volume of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" came out, which was called "The Penultimate Peril," I found that there were people who knew what that word meant, and there were people who didn't, but that line was not along age lines at all. So I remember there was an article in the newspaper that said it's the penultimate book from the penultimate author.
HANDLER: They were just using the word as some kind of placeholder.
GROSS: My favorite misused words are penultimate when people think it's the absolute ultimate, as opposed to the next to the last.
HANDLER: Yeah.
GROSS: And then bemused when people think it's amused instead of confused.
HANDLER: Right. We used to have an ad from the Hearst Castle taped up to our refrigerator. We had it there for years because it said: Come have your wedding at the Hearst Castle. Rates include a mandatory tour.
HANDLER: And I assume they meant complimentary, but somehow this fantasy that you would be sipping champagne at a wedding at the Hearst Castle, and then they would say: And now it's time for a tour. And you would say no thank you, I'd just rather talk with my friends. And they say: You don't have a choice in the matter. We're taking you on a tour now.
GROSS: That's really great.
HANDLER: You're going to learn about William Randolph Hearst if it kills you.
GROSS: I'm going to ask you now, you've brought your accordion with you and...
HANDLER: Because I was asked. I was asked.
GROSS: Because I asked you.
HANDLER: Yeah.
GROSS: Yes, we asked you because I love accordion. And it's...
HANDLER: Well, but I have a policy that I only bring it when someone asks me. Because the question, why haven't you brought your accordion is charming.
HANDLER: And the question, why have you brought your accordion is alarming.
GROSS: So you have a song you wrote especially for your new book, which I haven't...
HANDLER: I didn't write it.
GROSS: Oh, you didn't write it?
HANDLER: Sorry.
GROSS: Who wrote it?
HANDLER: No. This song was written especially for me by Mr. Stephin Merritt, known I'm sure to many, many FRESH AIR listeners as the leader of The Magnetic Fields. He's written a number of songs for me. He wrote more than 13 songs for the 13 volumes of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" and he wrote this song for me for "Who Could That Be At This Hour?"
HANDLER: (Singing) When things explode we hit the road. Well, it's been a lovely visit, but if we can decode our secret code, it isn't a secret, is it? Dressed a la mode, and furbelowed, we're working to change this planet.
(Singing) Now if we can decode our secret code, it can't be a secret, can it? We never do the Carioca, which is a dance that goes like this. But if we did the Carioca it would be heaven, it would be bliss. We never do the Carioca which is a dance that goes like this. But if I did the Carioca it would be heaven, it would be bliss.
(Singing) Strange seeds we've sowed. Hard rows we've hoed. So please don't say easy does it. We don't agree 'cause if we can decode our secret code it wasn't a secret, was it?
(Singing) Into town they rode. Their bows are stowed. And they rarely wear our hair long. But if we can decode our secret code it won't be a secret erelong. Then we can do the Carioca indefinitely if we like. And those who pooh-pooh Carioca well, they can all go take a hike. We never do the Carioca, which is a dance that goes like this. But if we did the Carioca it would be heaven, it would be bliss.
(Singing) Tralalalalalalala. Trala trala trala trala. Tralalalalalalala. Latra latra latra. Tralalalalalatata. Tralalalalalalala. Tralalalalalalala. Latra latra latra.
GROSS: Bravo.
GROSS: That was really great.
HANDLER: Thank you very much.
GROSS: Oh, wow. That is so much fun.
HANDLER: Yeah. It's a lot of fun to do that at a Barnes & Noble outside Philadelphia or an elementary school in Albuquerque.
BIANCULLI: Children's author Daniel Handler, speaking with Terry Gross last year. His latest Lemony Snicket book is "The Dark." We'll continue their conversation in the second half of the show. I'm David Bianculli, and this is FRESH AIR.
BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, in for Terry Gross, back with more of our interview with author Daniel Handler. If that name is not too familiar, maybe this one is: Lemony Snicket. That's the pen name under which have the writes novels for young adults. His latest book is for younger kids, a picture book called "The Dark." Terry interviewed him last year, and as an added bonus, asked him to bring his accordion along.
GROSS: So how did you start playing the accordion?
HANDLER: Well, I played piano my whole life and when I got to college I wanted to be in a band and it was doing a strange moment in American pop music when no keyboard instruments were cool. If I'd lugged around a synthesizer I would've been scorned. And so I took up the accordion. So I'd like to say that I'm one of the few people in the history of the world to take up the accordion basically in order to meet women.
GROSS: And did it work?
HANDLER: I did, in fact, meet my wife in college, so there you go.
GROSS: Because of the accordion?
HANDLER: No. But in fact, I think the accordion was probably a drawback. But...
HANDLER: But all's well that ends well. Yeah. And the accordion is well, I mean, one nice thing is that if you play the accordion you're probably the best accordion player anybody knows. And so I've had opportunities, as a result of playing the accordion despite not being very good, that never would've come my way if I played some more ordinary instrument.
GROSS: So did you ever play accordion favorites like "Lady of Spain" and "Beer Barrel Poker?" Or since you were already a musician, could you like skip right past that to stuff you really wanted to play?
HANDLER: I skipped right past most of the beginning accordion tunes. But I mean I was in a band that played a lot of polkas. I was in a tango band, a Klezmer band, a kind of country western band. And, I mean, if you play the accordion, you can really play almost any kind of music.
GROSS: And to prove that I'm now going to ask you...
GROSS: ...something that is very un-accordion.
HANDLER: Can I - what is this? Is this stump the author? What is this?
GROSS: Is this stump the author? Yes. I'm going to ask you to play something that we would never think of as being perfect for accordion, but you have made it work.
HANDLER: Oh. OK.
HANDLER: (Singing) Dig if you will a picture of you and I engaged in a kiss. The sweat of your body covers me. Can you my darling. Can you picture this? Dream if you will a courtyard. An ocean of violets in bloom. Animals strike curious poses. They feel the heat the heat between me and...
(Singing) How can you just leave me standing alone in a world so cold? Maybe I'm just too demanding. Maybe I'm just like my father too bold. Maybe I'm just like my mother. She's never satisfied. Why do we scream at each other? This is what it sounds like when doves cry.
GROSS: Prince would've loved it.
HANDLER: That's one of my go to songs.
GROSS: Has Prince heard you do that?
HANDLER: I'm not aware of his doing it. I assume if he had and disapproved I'd be dead by now. That's what I understand from the power of Prince. So either he hasn't heard it or he's heard it and liked it.
GROSS: That's really great.
HANDLER: But that's kind of my go to. Sometimes I'm someone will learn, I play the accordion at a dinner party or something and then they'll have accordion in their closet and they'll say take it and play something and that's when I play, and then there's never ever a cry for an encore after that. Everyone says he's made his point, whatever that point might be.
GROSS: So I want to continue the musical portion of our program.
GROSS: And the explanation for this will come...
HANDLER: Why on earth, I wonder?
GROSS: Well, the explanation for this will come momentarily.
HANDLER: OK. "The Composer is Dead."
GROSS: And that is the opening track of Daniel Handler's like symphonic children's story, which is called "The Composer is Dead." He has a book and it comes with a CD. And it's basically kind of like a "Peter and the Wolf" kind of thing, where you have all the sections having parts in this and their parts kind of explain what they do in the orchestra. But why don't you explain it, Daniel.
HANDLER: "The Composer is Dead" is a piece for narrator and orchestra, certainly inspired by "Peter and the Wolf." It's in collaboration with the composer Nathaniel Stookey with whom I went to high school. And we ran into each other and got back in touch and exchanged work and admired one another's work and we're trying to figure out if there was something we could do together. And then I was asked to narrate "Peter and the Wolf," a performance of "Peter and the Wolf," and the music is beautiful and the story is insipid. And so I said to Mr. Stookey: Why don't we do something that could actually introduce the instruments of the orchestra to young people but as really boring a story as "Peter and the Wolf"? And so from that "The Composer is Dead" was born. So each section of the orchestra demonstrates its sonic color and then is also interrogated. It's a mystery "The Composer is Dead" and so we like to say it's like "Peter and the Wolf" meets an episode of "Law and Order."
GROSS: Because the composer is dead and the narrator is interrogating each section of the orchestra, asking like did you do it? Where were you?
HANDLER: Yes.
GROSS: And...
HANDLER: And each section of the orchestra has a wimpy and suspicious alibi.
GROSS: Let's hear the viola section and their response.
HANDLER: Well, I guess that takes care of the strings. The inspectors said oh, the violas. I forgot all about you. Everyone forgets about us, said the violas bitterly.
HANDLER: We play the notes and chords that nobody cares about.
We play crucial counter melodies nobody hears. We often have to stay late after performances and stack up all of the chairs. We spent last night feeling sorry for ourselves as usual.
GROSS: That's an excerpt of Daniel Handler's, "The Composer is Dead" with music by Nathaniel Stookey. So do you think violas think of themselves as being like that, as being so taken for granted?
HANDLER: Oh, most certainly. Violas are kind of the butt of many, many a joke. And so they're, yeah, I mean each of the sections of the orchestra in "The Composer is Dead" make use of some inside jokes among symphony musicians.
GROSS: The ending of this is really wonderful. You don't mind if I give away the ending, do you?
HANDLER: Of "The Composer is Dead?"
GROSS: Yeah.
HANDLER: No.
GROSS: Yeah. OK.
GROSS: So this is after, like, all the sections have been interrogated and the concertmaster has been interrogated. The only person left is the conductor and it's clear to the narrator the conductor must have killed the composer. And so here's part of the finale.
HANDLER: A strange noise caught the inspector's ear. Of course, he said. The conductor, you've been murdering composers for years. In fact, wherever there's conductor you're sure to find a dead composer.
GROSS: So that's the finale of Daniel Handler's "The Composer is Dead," with music by Nathaniel Stookey, and it's in book form and the book comes with the CD that we've been hearing. So this really has a beautiful message at the end, which is orchestras play music by dead composers and bad orchestras butcher and kill the composer's work. But it's also those orchestras that keep those composers alive. And that's really such a, it's such a fun and nice message.
HANDLER: Well, thank you. It's, I mean I think that one thing that classical music and literature have in common is that they both have one eye, perhaps egotistically, on the long game, on immortality. And I mean Nathaniel Stookey, the composer of "The Composer is Dead" always likes to say that he can't wait until he is dead because he'll finally be able to make a living. That is only when...
HANDLER: ...he's dead that anyone will take an interest in his work.
GROSS: Now, I read that your father fled Germany during Hitler's regime. I don't know whether it was...
HANDLER: Yeah.
GROSS: ...like at what point...
HANDLER: Yeah.
GROSS: So...
HANDLER: A good time to leave.
GROSS: Yeah, I'll say. I'll say. Did he have to, like, sneak out? Was it still acceptable for Jews to emigrate? I'm assuming he was Jewish. That might not be true.
HANDLER: Yes. He was Jewish. He was a child, and so his recollection of it is somewhat lost in the sands of time. But he - yeah, he got out just in time and was raised by his mother and my extended family. Growing up, when I went to family events with my extended family, the stories passed around the dinner table were all stories of who got out and who didn't, and daring escapes and lucky rescues and the whole chaotic tumble of living through that era. And I think that also had a huge effect on "A Series of Unfortunate Events," that - just the notion that terrible things can happen for any reason, and not - they're not punishments for bad behavior, just as good things happening are not rewards for good behavior.
GROSS: And that sense of - you know, I grew up with so many World War II movies and movies about, like, getting out just in time, like, you were describing actually happened to your father, thankfully, that he got out just in time. But it brings a sense of relief - like, oh, boy, they got out just in time - but also this sense of constant fear, like, how do you when just in time is?
How do you know if you're waiting too long or doing it just in time? How do you know when it's - your time is up, and - so did you grow up with this constant fear that maybe you wouldn't know, and you wouldn't get out just in time?
HANDLER: I definitely have a slice of that Jewish paranoia. On this book tour that I just finished, I was recently in Vancouver, and I always had this feeling of Vancouver that that's my fantasy city for when the United States has gone completely mad and I must flee for the border. Part of my fantasy is that, oh, then I'll live in one of these beautiful condos in Vancouver and eat sushi. So - but, I mean, I don't think to other - I think when other people fantasize about living someplace else, it's not because they're fleeing from a fascist government.
HANDLER: But I think if you're raised Jewish, that paranoia comes with the territory.
BIANCULLI: Daniel Handler, speaking to Terry Gross last year. More after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to our interview with Daniel Handler, who writes under the pen name of Lemony Snicket. Most of them are aimed at young adults, but his newest book, "The Dark," is a picture book for kids with illustrations by Jon Klassen. Terry spoke with Daniel Handler last year, not long after he had finished writing it.
It's a wonderful little book. It's all about a child's fear of the dark. And I'd love it if you could read the opening of this forthcoming book and it has a very dark cover. It's a child at the foot of the stairs.
HANDLER: More visuals for the radio audience. Yes.
GROSS: And the stairs and the child are just surrounded by dark. So any time you're ready.
HANDLER: (Reading) Laszlo was afraid of the dark. The dark lived in the same house as Laszlo - a big place with a creaky roof, smooth, cold windows, and several sets of stairs. Sometimes the dark hid in the closet. Sometimes it sat behind the shower curtain. But mostly, it spent its time in the basement. All day long, the dark would wait in a distant corner, far from the squeaks and rattles of the washing machine, pressed up against some old, damp boxes and a chest of drawers nobody ever opened.
(Reading) At night, of course, the dark went out and spread itself against the windows and doors of Laszlo's house. But in the morning, the dark would be back in the basement, where it belonged. Laszlo would peek at the dark every morning. Hi, he would say. Hi, dark. Laszlo thought that if he visited the dark in the dark's room maybe the dark wouldn't come visit him in his room. But one night it did.
GROSS: You know, this book is an oddly reassuring book. The end is very reassuring. And I say oddly because your books are never reassuring.
GROSS: But I guess maybe this is because it's for a much younger child, and because you're a father and you child used to be three years old. Maybe you wanted it to be reassuring?
HANDLER: Well, I mean, I think this book stands in a proud Snicket tradition of a reassurance that dark things are, in fact, there. So "A Series of Unfortunate Events" reminds you that a terrible thing can happen at any moment, and that it is up to you to persevere through it. And I think "The Dark" teaches that same message. It may stop at a slightly different part of the story, whereas a volume in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" would usually have the story be more or less complete, and then the villain would get away at the last minute or some other terrible thing would happen.
But "The Dark," I think, teaches that message, that there is a scary thing there. It's just up to you to work through it.
GROSS: What scared you as a child?
HANDLER: Oh, everything. Tall trees. Yeah, people in tall trees climbing up to the top of them and leaping upon my window. That was a large source of concern for me. Kidnapping. I remember when my mother finally explained to me that it would be extremely unlikely I would get kidnapped, because they didn't really have any money, that kidnappers were after money.
And so the idea that you would be kidnapped was very rare if you didn't have money. That was just such a relief to me. I wish that had been explained to me years previously. She said, oh, you know, no one want - we don't have enough money. We couldn't possibly pay ransom for you that would be rewarding for a kidnapper, so you probably won't be snatched up. That was of intense relief.
GROSS: That's great.
HANDLER: And so sometimes, when children are standing in line at a Snicket event, while I'm making small talk with them, I ask if they've ever been kidnapped, and they never have. And then I say, well, do you have parents who would pay a lot of money for your safe return?
And then we'd try to figure out exactly what sum of money that is. And, you know, it's under the guise of whether I'm calculating enough. So if it seems like enough money for me to kidnap them. But I hope that it's also reassuring when they realize they probably won't be kidnapped. There's probably just not enough money at stake.
GROSS: What if you're talking to a wealthy kid, and you scare the heck out of him because his parents would have enough money?
HANDLER: Well, I always say, have you been kidnapped? And then I often say have you ever been locked in the trunk of a car? And then do you like trying new things? Those kind of the three questions.
GROSS: Oh, gosh. So we're going to run out of time momentarily, and I can't let you leave without playing us another song. OK?
GROSS: I don't really know if I have another song.
You must have another song.
HANDLER: Had I known, man, I would've done a lot more practicing this morning instead of reading smug articles on how the election was won. All right.
HANDLER: Well, I have this song about Count Olaf. I really don't have a lot I can do offhand, because I'm usually sitting in with other people.
GROSS: OK. Excuse accepted.
HANDLER: Oh, man.
GROSS: So Count Olaf is...
HANDLER: Gross plays hardball.
GROSS: Yeah, you bet.
HANDLER: Excuse accepted.
GROSS: So Count Olaf is from Daniel Handler-Lemony Snicket's Gothic novel series for children, "A Series of Unfortunate Events."
HANDLER: (Singing) The count has an eye on his ankle, and lives in a horrible place. He wants all your money. He's never at all funny. He wants to remove your face. And you might be thinking what a romp this is, but wait till you meet his accomplices. When you see Count Olaf, you're suddenly full of disgust and despair and dismay. In the whole of the soul of Count Olaf, there's no love.
(Singing) When you see Count Olaf, count to zero, then scream and run away. Scream, scream, scream and run away. Run, run, run, run, run, run, run or die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die. Run. Run, run, run, run, run, run. Or die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die.
GROSS: Oh, that's so enjoyable. Thank you so much.
HANDLER: You're quite welcome. My delight.
GROSS: It's just really been a pleasure to have you back on FRESH AIR. Thank you for performing and for reading from your books. And I wish you good luck with your new book, "Who Could That Be at This Hour?" and your forthcoming book next year, "The Dark."
HANDLER: Well, thank you very much for having me. It's a delight to be here.
BIANCULLI: Author Daniel Handler, also known as Lemony Snicket, speaking to Terry Gross last year. He has a new picture book for kids called "The Dark," as well as the first in a new series of Lemony Snicket detective novels for young adults. That book is called "Who Could That be at This Hour? Coming up, David Edelstein reviews the new Terrence Malick film "To the Wonder." This is FRESH AIR. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Changes to health care under the law, at a glance
An overview of some of the key changes to health care services under the Affordable Care Act:
Under the law, health insurers must cover 10 essential benefits. This will make health plans more costly, but also more comprehensive. Starting next year, the rules will apply to all plans offered to individuals or through the small-group market to employers with 50 or fewer workers. The essential-benefits requirement does not apply to plans offered by larger employers, which typically offer most of these, already.
The covered benefits are: ambulatory patient services; emergency services; hospitalization; maternity and newborn care; mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment; prescription drugs; rehabilitative services and devices; laboratory services; management of chronic diseases, and preventive and wellness services; and pediatric services, including dental and vision care.
People will be able to pick from insurance plans with differing levels of coverage and varying costs for co-pays and premiums. But insurers will have to cover a certain percentage of the services' cost.
"Most of the important services people need are covered, though there may be a slight variation (from state to state)," says Jennifer Tolbert, director of state health reform for the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Need a teeth-cleaning or eye exam? You still could be reaching into your own wallet to cover the cost even after the Affordable Care Act takes full effect next year. Dental and vision care is considered an essential benefit for children aged 18 and younger whose parents or guardians get insurance through the individual or small-group plans. The law does not mandate this coverage for adults, but some states could choose to have them covered.
Still, getting dental coverage for children and teenagers might be a bit complicated depending on where you live. States can choose to offer those items as stand-alone plans, and federal subsidies would not help pay for the costs.
This is a major change under the law. Starting in 2014, most plans — whether obtained through an employer or on the marketplace — cannot deny coverage or charge more money because of a pre-existing health conditions.
However, if you have what is known as a grandfathered individual plan — a plan you buy yourself that was in existence before March 23, 2010, and has remained unchanged — then this rule would not apply. So check the details on your plan and consider shopping around.
Under the law, the amount of money people will have to pay out-of-pocket each year for medical and prescription drug costs will be capped at $6,350 for individuals and $12,700 for a family. These limits are separate from the monthly premiums people pay. The limits take effect in 2014 for those buying insurance on the state health insurance exchanges. For those with employer-based coverage, the restrictions will be fully in place in 2015.
In addition, most insurance plans will be prohibited from setting lifetime cost limits on coverage for essential health benefits. This means your insurer cannot deny you coverage because your medical bills have gone over a certain amount.
One popular provision of the health care law already is part of most insurance plans — allowing young people to stay on their parents' insurance plans until age 26. This also covers dependents, including step-children, adopted children and some foster children. This benefit will be required of all plans that provide dependent care. Starting in 2014, younger people can remain on a parent's or caregiver's plan even if they have an employer option of their own.


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Dozens of vehicles involved in 3 Ohio pileups
Authorities say one person has died after a highway pileup involving as many as 85 vehicles in southwest Ohio.
The crash on Interstate 275 was one of three separate pileups that snared dozens of vehicles today in Ohio.
Multiple media outlets report one woman died the I-275 pileup outside Cincinnati. Authorities say at least 20 have been injured.
A State Highway Patrol dispatcher says as many as 50 vehicles could be involved in a pileup on I-75, between the cities of Middletown and Monroe. The dispatcher says minor injuries have been reported.
Lanes of I-270 near Columbus have been reopened following a pileup there.
Parts of Ohio saw scattered snow showers, with isolated pockets of heavier snowfall. Forecasters had said that could reduce visibility and produce a quick coating of snow.


text: Surviving the Holidays with a Newborn November 16, 2016 The holidays are a time of happiness, laughter, and making memories with friends and family. Wait, hold on, back it up. For some of you, we lost you in the first sentence. To be accurate, the holidays can be downright stressful, and if you've recently welcomed a new bundle of joy into your lives, you may just want to take a pass this time of year. Admit it, your ears are ready to fall off and the mind-numbing tension headache is at a breaking point from a fussy baby and the bags under your eyes indicate just how much sleep you've lost. Oh, and don't forget how empty your wallet feels because from endless diapers and wipes you purchase weekly. But whatever the case may be this holiday season, don't let it all turn you into the Grinch. There is light at the end of the tunnel. You, your new one, and the rest of the family can and will survive. Take it from us, and consider these top tips to bring back the joy this holiday season with a newborn. Flying With a Baby Holiday travel can be nerve-racking enough, but when you add in a newborn, and it may become a mixture for disaster. If you've got a long distance to travel you may choose to fly. If so, consider the tips to flying with a baby: Avoid Peak-Time Flights. While it might be hard during the holidays, avoiding peak travel times to give you and your baby more space, more personal service and an all-around nicer experience. Remember to avoid school holidays, weekends and Mondays as they're the busiest flying day of the week. Choose an Airline. Not all airlines offer equal standards of service or the same amount of legroom. Take that into consideration and if it's worth more than buying the cheapest ticket. Save Some Cash. Babies under age 2 can typically fly for free by sitting in your lap. Although that may save you some money, you may want to purchase an adjacent seat for extra room or to place car seats or any extra necessities you may bring along. Most airlines will allow you to gate check car seats and strollers. Let the Airline Know You Are Traveling with a Baby. It's not against the rules to let the airline know you're traveling with a newborn. Politely ask them to leave a set next to you empty. They may honor your request if the flight is not booked to capacity. Get on the Plane Last. Airline staff may try to get you and your baby on the plane first, but that's the last thing that you want with a young one. If possible, let your little one burn off as much energy as possible before boarding the plane. Aisle Seats are Key. When booking your ticket, try to reserve an aisle seat. This gives you more flexibility to get up without disturbing other passengers in the event that you need to walk around to soothe your baby or go to the bathroom to change a diaper. Protect You Baby's Ears While Flying. A newborn's ears may hurt during takeoff and landing, just as an adult may chew gum to help with change in pressure, give your baby a pacifier, teething toy, bottle to help keep their jaws moving to soften the pressure change. Feeding by bottle or breastfeeding will also help equalize the pressure thanks to sucking and swallowing motions. Wear Your Baby. Using a body sling-type baby carrier helps in a few ways. It's safer than having them on your lap without a seatbelt and it gives you the ease of getting in and out of your seat more efficiently in narrow airplane aisles. It also give your hands the freedom to carry other baggage. Driving With a Newborn If flying isn't in the cards for you, driving maybe your next alternative. While driving has many benefits like going at your own pace and not disrupting others, driving with a baby can be just as stressful especially on long trips. You may have to stop every half hour for feedings, diaper changes, or simply to comfort your baby. If you're taking the highway, check out the tips below. Safety First. Make sure you have a good infant car seat and that is properly installed. Also, don't drive if you're tired. If you have another passenger, take turns driving. If you are alone, stop the car, get out and stretch, and walk if you begin to get sleepy. Determine a Good Departure Time. You've gassed up and the vehicle is ready to roll, but choosing when to roll can make or break your trip's anxiety. A good time to start a trip is around a sleeping time like bed time or nap time. Make sure your baby has eaten and is to help keep the baby asleep for the longest period possible. Pack the Diaper Bag with Extras. Don't forget to pack the diaper bag with an extra set of clothes, wipes, toys and diapers just in case. Plan for Frequent Stops. When traveling with a newborn in a vehicle, be prepared to make frequent stops along the way. Stopping at state designated rest stops are a great option as they tend to have more space for walking indoors and outdoors, as well as they usually have less crowds of people. Bring Toys. Bring a few toys with you to keep the baby occupied and distracted from sitting in a car seat for an extended period of time. Shelter from the Sun. While the weather around the holiday season might be cool or even cold, be sure to protect your newborn with a sunshade that you can put on his or her car seat or the window. Home for the Holidays With the Baby If traveling out of town by vehicle or flying isn't for your family this holiday, perhaps inviting people to your house is the best option. It may seem counter-intuitive, but offering to be the "host family" isn't out of the question. Staying at home has a few perks. Stay at Home. Make your relatives visit you so your baby can stay in a familiar environment and you can set the ground rules. Routine is Key. With all the hustle and bustle of the season, try to keep your baby in a routine as best you can. They will be able to tell the difference. Even the slight change in new people and additional noise can alter a baby's familiar environment. Think about investing a white-noise machine to use while your baby is napping to help drown out the commotion and help the baby focus on sleeping rather than the excitement. Don't be afraid to get out of the house to get some fresh air; a short drive with the baby in the car seat can do wonders. Tell the Truth. Honesty is a parent's best friend, especially during the holidays. If family ask if there's anything they can do to help, lay it on them. That might include making dinner, cleaning the house, or an afternoon of babysitting so you can get the work done you need to or to catch up on some much-needed sleep. Forget "Perfect". Don't put pressure on yourself to have a "perfect" holiday. There's no such thing. Lastly, Don't be Afraid to Say No. You may be used to participating in family traditions or helping out more in the past, but with a baby things change and that's ok. Make sure to place your baby and your sleep and sanity first, and sometimes that may mean saying no to things. No matter how much you prepare, the holidays and newborns are unpredictable. It's more than likely something is going to happen you didn't plan. But take it in stride. By planning ahead and keeping your cool, you'll be prepared for an amazing holiday season with your newborn.


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Day 356.
11 days to go until 2009. I'm going to cry.
Today is the first day of Hanukkah, and there are only a few days left until Christmas. If you're entertaining for the holidays, or need any last-minute hostess gifts, these peanut clusters rock. And they make A LOT. You could easily feed the entire neighborhood on one batch, or make yourself very, very sick.
I, um, have eaten too many. Much too many.
I am really, really pleased with the results, here. My waistband, not so much...
The Ingredients.
3 (16-ounce) jars lightly salted roasted peanuts (lightly salted is important!)
2 (4-ounce) boxes German Baker's Chocolate
1 (8-ounce) box Unsweetened Baker's Chocolate (there are 2 in the picture. that was wrong.)
1 (24-ounce) bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla (not pictured because I didn't know I wanted/needed it until after the photo)
The Directions.
Use a large crockpot.
NOTE: my mom has tested this a few times --- don't use a Ninja or a slow cooker with a metal cooking unit. Stick to the ceramic-style crockpots. We think the metal pots get hot too quickly which causes the chocolate to "bloom" or turn white. It still tastes good, but isn't bright and shiny.
This makes about 150 peanut clusters. Spray the inside of your crock with cooking spray, and place the unwrapped baking chocolate, and bars of German chocolate in the bottom.
Add all the peanuts. Pour in the chocolate chips, and add vanilla. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours, or high for about 1.5.
While the chocolate is melting, lay out a bunch of parchment paper on your counter top or kitchen table. When time has elapsed, stir well, and remove from heat.
Use a small ice-cream scoop to plop out bite-sized piles onto the parchment paper.
Let cool before eating---this takes a long time---hours. It'd be best to leave them overnight so you don't pick at them.
Unless you have much more will power than I do, then I suppose it would be okay. But I sort of hate you.
Package up and give away as soon as possible.
The Verdict.
These are addictive. The chocolate flavor is quite rich, and tastes dark. If you aren't a fan of dark chocolate, use milk chocolate chips. The salt flavor from the nuts is subtle, but is there, and it makes your tongue itch for more.
and more.
I was thinking about nut-allergies during the night. I think you should turn these into pretzel clusters. Definitely.
(this has now been tested, and the pretzels work quite well!!)


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The Lane Kiffin era seems like forever ago in Knoxville, but Tennessee is still dealing with the last pieces of the fallout.
Tennessee and the NCAA announced additional penalties Friday stemming from violations committed by former assistant Willie Mack Garza, who illegally funded a prospect's unofficial visit during the 2009 season and misled NCAA enforcement when questioned about it.
The penalties aren't severe. Tennessee's probation will be extended by two years, the number of official visits for the 2012-13 academic year will be reduced from 51 to 47 and there will be a reduction in evaluation days for the coaches. In addition, Tennessee can't provide free tickets to recruits for its first two Southeastern Conference games next season.
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday asked a state court to clarify a couple of questions about an Oklahoma anti-abortion law that bans off-label use of certain abortion-inducing drugs.
The justices want the Oklahoma Supreme Court to answer two questions about the state law before the high court considers an appeal from the Oklahoma attorney general.
The law passed in 2011 required doctors to follow strict guidelines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and prohibited off-label uses of certain abortion-inducing drugs such as RU-486. Such moves include changing a recommended dosage or prescribing it for different symptoms than the drug was initially approved for. The law also required doctors to examine women before prescribing the drugs, document certain medical conditions and schedule follow-up appointments.
The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights has sued to stop the law, arguing that the restrictions would leave women no choice but to undergo invasive surgeries to end their pregnancies. Judges have halted its enforcement, and the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in December that the anti-abortion law was "facially unconstitutional" and that judges were right to prevent its enforcement.
The Supreme Court wants to know if the Oklahoma law "prohibits the use of misoprostol to induce abortions, including the use of misoprostol in conjunction with mifepristone according to a protocol approved by the Food and Drug Administration." The high court also wants to know if the law stops "the use of methotrexate to treat ectopic pregnancies," which is when an embryo implants somewhere outside of the uterus.
Mifepristone is also known as Mifeprex or RU-486, according to court papers.
The two sides arguing over the law disagree in court papers to the answer to those questions, so "further proceedings in this case are reserved pending receipt of a response from the Supreme Court of Oklahoma," the high court said in its statement.