MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Véronique Tadjo's 'In The Company Of Men' Focuses On West Africa's Ebola Outbreak
  NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer Véronique Tadjo about her book, In The Company of Men. It's a novel about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, first published in French in 2017.
• A Korean-American Family Adapts To Life In Arkansas In 'Minari'
  NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with director Lee Isaac Chung about his new film Minari, which tells a story loosely based around his parents' of a Korean-American family adapting to life on an Arkansas farm.
• The Pandemic Has Made An Unlikely Star Out Of A Brooklyn Librarian
  The pandemic has yielded a silver lining for the Brooklyn Public Library. Bilingual librarian Tenzin Kalsang's Tibetan story time has been drawing audiences in the thousands.
• A Botched Execution Leads To A Search For Answers In 'Two Truths And A Lie'
  Ellen McGarrahan was a young reporter for The Miami Herald, when she witnessed an execution that went horribly wrong. She revisits the case of Jesse Tafero in an intense new true crime book.
• Tim O'Brien On Late-In-Life Fatherhood And The Things He Carried From Vietnam
  Now 74, O'Brien didn't become a father until his late 50s. He reflects on writing, mortality and his experiences in Vietnam in the new documentary, The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien.
• On 'The Kitchen Front,' 4 Women Cook Their Way To Victory
  In Jennifer Ryan's new novel, set in England in 1942, four women from different backgrounds compete in a cooking contest with a possibly life-changing prize: The chance to cohost a BBC cooking show.
• 'Ginny & Georgia' Has Trouble Getting Georgia Out Of Ginny's Way
  The Netflix series about a young single mom and her teenage daughter has drawn comparisons to Gilmore Girls. It's messier than that.
• In 'Superman & Lois,' The Man Of Steel Faces His Biggest Challenge Yet: Fatherhood
  A new TV series brings Superman (and Lois) back to the small screen — with a twist. This time, they're small-town parents trying to raise teenagers and deal with ordinary (and not-so-ordinary) life.
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Poet And Small-Press Publisher, Dies At 101
  In 1956, Ferlinghetti published the first edition of Allen Ginsberg's Howl. According to one critic, his greatest accomplishments were fighting censorship and starting a small-press revolution.
• What Does The 'War' Over Obamacare Reveal About Our Governing Bodies?
  In his new book, The Ten Year War, Jonathan Cohn looks at the intense debate surrounding the Affordable Care Act, the compromises of the law itself, and the ongoing fight for universal health care.