MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Building Museum Exhibit Chronicles Scourge Of Evictions, Homelessness
  An exhibit at the National Building Museum has been adapted from Matthew Desmond's 2017 Pulitzer-Prize-winning book Eviction: Poverty and Profit in the American City into an "immersive" experience.
• 'Bring The War Home' Shows 'Lone Wolf' Terrorists Are Really Part Of A Pack
  Kathleen Belew's new book explores the impact of the Vietnam War on America's white power movement; Belew says that movement was behind a lot of domestic terror attacks attributed to "lone wolves."
• Who Cares If They're Cute? This Zoologist Accepts Animals On Their Own Terms
  Zoologist Lucy Cooke says humans aren't doing animals any favors when we moralize their behavior. Her book The Truth About Animals is organized around "fact and not sentimentality."
• 'Exorcist' Director Makes A New Movie About Exorcism (It's A Documentary)
  William Friedkin had never actually witnessed an exorcism. Then he recorded the footage at the center of The Devil And Father Amorth. "I was scared, seriously scared," he says.
• In 'Head On,' Killer Robots, Dogged Gumshoes ... And A Very Important Cat
  John Scalzi returns to the world of Lock In — where people incapacitated by a strange disease can re-enter the world through robot avatars — for a murder mystery that turns on a cat named Donut.
• With Paint And A Camera, She's Forging A New Artistic Vision Of Africa
  The Ethiopian artist Aida Muluneh spends an hour and a half decorating her models for photos that celebrate her country's past and present. Her work is now on display at the Museum of Modern Art.
• NPR Poetry Month: Andrea Davis Pinkney
  NPR's Michel Martin speaks with children's book author and poet Andrea Davis Pinkney about her picks from the #NPRPoetry submissions.
• Not My Job: We Ask 'Sopranos' Star Edie Falco 3 Questions About Tenors
  Falco gained fame and a boatload of awards playing Carmela on HBO's The Sopranos. She followed that up by creating the iconic role of Nurse Jackie on Showtime. Her new movie is Outside In.
• As Saudi Arabia's Cinema Ban Ends, Filmmakers Eye New Opportunities
  Allowing cinemas is part of a modernization drive by the Saudi government, which hopes to create more business opportunities and become a regional film hub. But it's a tough place to be a filmmaker.
• 'How To Suppress Women's Writing:' 3 Decades Old And Still Sadly Relevant
  This collection of essays by novelist and scholar Joanna Russ was first published in 1983 — but it reads as if it might've come out last week. "Get angry; then get a reading list," says our critic.