MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• In The Lively 'Enola Holmes,' Sherlock's Little Sister Goes Sleuthing
  This bright and breezy Netflix adaptation of a YA novel finds Millie Bobbie Brown starring as the brilliant, fourth-wall-busting little sister of Sherlock Holmes.
• 'Hamilton' Cast Re-imagines Show's Lyrics To Promote Voter Registration Day
  The performance was part of a virtual voter turnout event hosted by former first lady Michelle Obama and the nonprofit When We All Vote.
• There's No 'Convenient Structure To Life,' Says Allie Brosh
  Comic artist Allie Brosh has just published her long-awaited second book, Solutions and Other Problems. It's full of her trademark googly-eyed drawings and stories about life, pets and loss.
• 'White House, Inc.' Author: Trump's Businesses Offer 'A Million Potential Conflicts'
  Dan Alexander of Forbes examines the president's sprawling business interests in a new book. He says Trump has broken a number of pledges he made about how he would conduct business while in office.
• 'Guess How Much I Love You' Author Sam McBratney Dies At 77
  "I love you right up to the moon — and back," Big Nutbrown Hare tells Little Nutbrown Hare. Their affections were translated into 57 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide.
• From 'SNL' To Workout Videos, How RBG Became A Pop Culture Icon
  Outside the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had another life in pop culture as a symbol of dissent and feminism. The Notorious RBG was celebrated in memes, movies, T-shirts and tote bags
• In 'Can't Even,' Burnout Is Seen As A Societal Problem — One We Can't Solve Alone
  Burnout, Anne Helen Petersen argues, will end only with sweeping labor-policy changes — meaning it will end only when we "vote en masse to elect politicians who will agitate for [reform] tirelessly."
• Rediscovering The Enormous Social And Spiritual Legacy Of Black Jazz Records
  As jazz experienced an awakening in the late '60s and early '70s , a record label from Oakland was at the forefront of capturing it. Now, those records are finally returning.
• 'Conditional Citizens' Examines What It Means To Be An American
  Laila Lalami's new book is Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America. She says conditional citizens — of which she's one — are people sometimes embraced by America, other times rejected.
• 92nd Street Y Pivots From In-Person Events To Virtual Programs
  The pandemic has made for a bleak outlook for the arts. Enter the 92nd Street Y in New York, which outlasted the Depression, Sept. 11 attacks and is making changes to stay afloat during the pandemic.