MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Need A Day At The Beach? Tag Along With Big Wave Photographer Sachi Cunningham
  When Cunningham started photographing surfers two decades ago, there were very few women in her field. "I wanted to take photos of women because I had never seen photos of women," she says.
• Regardless Of What You Think, 'Irregardless' Is A Word
  Grammarians are up in arms over dictionaries including "irregardless." The Merriam-Webster dictionary responds: "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."
• 'The Stakes Are Far Higher Than They've Ever Been': Trump's Niece Pens Tell-All
  Mary Trump offers a scathing portrait of the president in a book that very nearly was blocked from publication. Now its publisher is bumping up the release date.
• Arthur Jafa's Glorious Vision And Kanye West's Gilded Faith
  Arthur Jafa, the celebrated artist, translates a new song from West into his own film-visual language, both elevating and transcending it.
• 'We've Got To Learn From Our History,' 'Demagogue' Author Warns
  Author Larry Tye chronicles Sen. Joseph McCarthy's infamous smear campaign in a new book. He says both McCarthy and Trump are "bullies" who exploit fears and "point fingers when they're attacked."
• 'Want' Captures The Precariousness Of America's Middle Class
  The family at the center of Lynn Steger Strong's novel is on the brink of bankruptcy. Want is a portrait of how close to the edge people are — despite the seeming safeguard of middle-class jobs.
• Journalist Kim Wall's Parents Show She Was More Than A Victim In 'A Silenced Voice'
  Kim Wall was 30 when she was killed by a source. Her parents are working to make sure her name will not be a warning but a tag under ambitious investigative pieces, a line on resumes, a calling card.
• Privilege Takes Many Forms In 'Friends And Strangers'
  J. Courtney Sullivan's new novel examines the relationship between a mother and her child's caregiver — both women with significant degrees of privilege, despite their surface economic differences.
• France's Louvre Reopens Most Of The Museum — Sans Big Crowds
  One museumgoer says it's a "much more comfortable experience" to view the Mona Lisa without the mobs of tourists. The Louvre put in place mask-wearing, one-way paths and other distancing measures.
• Charlie Daniels, Who Sang Of The Devil In Georgia, Is Dead At 83
  The country music star who linked to pop artists and singer-songwriters died Monday at age 83. He was best known for his mainstream hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."