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Campaigning in Derry today Democrat Hillary Clinton promised to reform the mortgage lending industry.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.

Fifty years ago, Peyton Place turned the image of rural New Hampshire on its ear… by suggesting that incest, rape and murder lurked just beneath its pristine chapels and manicured town greens. Metalious's book became one of the first overnight blockbusters and many in 1950's New Hampshire today tell stories of buying and reading it in secret, under the covers. On this Granite State Stories, we’ll explore Peyton Place's impact on small town life, on its time and on our state and get your stories of when you first read the book.

Guests

• Sally Hirsh-Dickinson, NHPR announcer, whose forthcoming dissertation on Peyton Place is entitled "Dirty Whites and Dark Secrets: Deconstructing Sex and Race in Peyton Place"
• David Watters, Professor of English at the University of New Hampshire, Director of the Center for New England Studies and Granite State Stories Humanist

This program was originally broadcast on June 8, 2007.

Journalist Erica Rowell explores some of the universal themes of life through the lens of filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen. In her new book, The Brothers Grim: The Films of Ethan and Joel Coen, she makes a case that the two cinematic brothers exploit and subvert universal storytelling modes with a range of sophisticated pranks. The Coen's new film No Country for Old Men comes out this fall; it's based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy.