MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• 'Klara And The Sun' Is A Masterpiece About Life, Love And Mortality
  Narrated by a robotic "artificial friend," Kazuo Ishiguro's latest novel offers readers a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.
• 'Moxie' Says Some Things, But Not Everything, About High School Feminists
  Directed by Amy Poehler, the new Netflix film longs to stretch beyond its limits to be an inclusive look at feminism in teenagers, but its story works best when it keeps its ambitions modest.
• There Are So Many Flavors Of Potato Chips; 'Hooked' Looks At Why
  Investigative reporter Michael Moss explores how some food companies tweak their products to take advantage of evolved biology, creating room for novelty that triggers the brain to make us want more.
• Bunny Wailer, Iconic Reggae Singer And Wailers Co-Founder, Has Died At Age 73
  The last founding member of The Wailers died Tuesday in Kingston, Jamaica. After leaving the group in 1974, Bunny Wailer cultivated a distinguished solo career.
• How Bellingcat's Online Sleuths Solve Global Crimes Using Open Source Info
  Eliot Higgins is the founder of an online collective that picks apart conspiracy theories and investigates war crimes and hate crimes using clues from the Internet. His new book is We Are Bellingcat.
• With All The Twists And Turns 'Behind Her Eyes,' You'll Want To Watch It Twice
  Netflix's new six-part miniseries starts out as a romantic drama but quickly spins into something else entirely. If you like stories that pull the rug out from under you ... don't miss this.
• 'Machinehood' Upgrades Asimov's 3 Laws Of Robotics
  S.B. Divya's debut novel does what the best science fiction does — establishes a future that's relatable, plausible, and infinitely strange, where implants and wearable tech help humans survive.
• Dr. Seuss Enterprises Will Shelve 6 Books, Citing 'Hurtful' Portrayals
  The decision includes books such as And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street and If I Ran the Zoo. They have been criticized for how they depict Asian and Black people.
• 'Klara And The Sun' Asks What It Means To Be Human
  Kazuo Ishiguro's lovely, mournful new novel is set in a world where children can have android companions, known as Artificial Friends — but can those artificial friends ever replace the children?
• 2 Determined Mothers Clash Over Integration Efforts In 'What's Mine And Yours'
  NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Naima Coster about her novel What's Mine And Yours, about a North Carolina high school in the middle of an integration program in the early 2000.