MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Author Tracks The Life And Liberal Legacy Of Sen. Ted Kennedy
  A liberal voice in the U.S. Senate for decades, Kennedy led a life marked by tragedy and scandal. Historian Neal Gabler talks about the first volume of his two-part biography, Catching the Wind.
• Sohla El-Waylly Talks Holiday Traditions And Her Path To Stardom
  NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with cooking show host Sohla El-Waylly about re-imagined holiday meals and the challenges she embraces in the kitchen and in life.
• Who Cares About The No. 1 Toy When You Could Have No. 2?
  The market remains flush with toys that poop: Gotta Go Flamingo, Poopsie Slime Surprise, Doggie Doo, Fishin' For Floaters. "It's a very light taboo," says Mary Higbe of Goliath Games.
• Misty Copeland Celebrates Ballet's Beautiful Friendships In 'Bunheads'
  Copeland hopes her book will help young dancers feel comfortable in the studio and on the stage. She says illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey channeled "superhero energy" into dancers leaping off the page.
• For Fall's Dark Days, 3 Tales In Translation To Match The Mood
  Sometimes, when the days are getting shorter and the world seems like it's getting darker, a melancholy read seems like just the thing — so here are three fittingly dark novels in translation.
• David Prowse, Actor Behind Darth Vader, Dies At 85
  Audiences heard James Earl Jones' voice as the iconic Star Wars villain, but it was Prowse behind Darth Vader's mask.
• Opinion: Reading William Butler Yeats 100 Years Later
  NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what a 100 year-old poem by William Butler Yeats means today.
• Finding A Voice And Coming To Terms With A Stutter In 'I Talk Like A River'
  Jordan Scott is a poet, a master of words, and a stutterer. His new kids' book, gorgeously illustrated by Sydney Smith, chronicles his childhood journey towards coming to terms with his stutter.
• 'The Flight Attendant' Is A Fizzy, Dark And Funny Mystery
  Kaley Cuoco plays a messy flight attendant in the HBO MAX series that begins when one very bad night leads to one very rough morning.
• An Ode, À La Mode: 1 Baker Savors America, Creating 50 Pies For 50 States
  Originally from Singapore, Stacey Mei Yan Fong loves baking and America. For a project she calls 50 Pies/50 States, she's made an elaborative representative pie for each state.