MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• 'Everybody Deserves To Be Seen As A Hero,' Says 'Old Guard' Director
  "Female characters are not [usually] the center of the story," filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood says. Her new movie follows a diverse group of world-weary warriors who've been alive for centuries.
• 'Caste' Argues Its Most Violent Manifestation Is In Treatment Of Black Americans
  Isabel Wilkerson's second book is a masterwork of writing — a profound achievement of scholarship and research that stands also as a triumph of both visceral storytelling and cogent analysis.
• Is Singing Together Safe In The Era Of Coronavirus? Not Really, Experts Say
  Schools, faith and community groups as well as professional musicians are all struggling with the risks of singing. Experts present the most recent research and offer strategies to mitigate the risks.
• The Escapist Land Of 'Cottagecore,' From Marie Antoinette To Taylor Swift
  Cottagecore — an Internet aesthetic of the rural idyll — has offered escapism for several years. In pandemic isolation, it's taken off in popularity.
• Ohio UPS Store Owner Goes Above And Beyond To Deliver Package
  NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with Ardeshir Agahi, who drove from Ohio to Florida to deliver an urgent package to one of his UPS customers.
• Good Thinking: How Rodin Ensured The Financial Future Of His Paris Museum
  The Rodin Museum in Paris is selling sculptures to pay the bills — and that's exactly as the artist intended. When he died in 1917, Rodin left the museum plaster casts for just this purpose.
• 'The First Sister' Is Stylish, Substantial — And Very Cool — Space Opera
  Linden A. Lewis's debut novel — first in a trilogy — mixes swashbuckling, social commentary and compelling queer characters in its tale of three warring factions in a spacefaring society.
• Not My Job: We Quiz Bryan Cranston Of 'Breaking Bad' On Braking ... Good
  The Emmy and Tony award-winning actor will answer three questions about safe driving, inspired by classic driver's education films of yesteryear.
• Sean Hannity Changes Book Cover Featuring Latin Motto Error
  After student Spencer Alexander McDaniel realized that the Latin on the cover of a new book by Sean Hannity was pretty much gibberish, Hannity changed it.
• Tim Minchin Hauls A Piano Across Australia In 'Upright'
  Singer, songwriter, and satirist Tim Minchin's new series opens with a bang: A frazzled man is driving an upright piano across the bare Australian landscape when he collides with a mouthy teenager.