MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Dolly Parton Will Read Bedtime Stories To Kids Online Every Week
  "Dolly hopes this series of stories will provide comfort and reassurance to coping kids and families during the shelter-in-place mandates," the Imagination Library said.
• Heaven And Hell Are 'Not What Jesus Preached,' Religion Scholar Says
  Bart Ehrman says the ideas of eternal rewards and punishments aren't found in the Old Testament or in the teachings of Jesus. His new book is Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife.
• Jonathan Karl's Memoir Shows That Everyone Is 'Front Row At The Trump Show'
  The ABC White House correspondent avoids bravado and knows better than to let insiders use his book to sound off about their enemies. But the obviousness of his account reveals an alarming truth.
• 'Ordinary People' Books Can Help In This Extraordinary Time
  Our kids' books columnist Juanita Giles reports that, stuck at home with her family, she's turned to a series by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos, for stories about relatable heroes.
• Tomie dePaola, Beloved Children's Author And Illustrator, Has Died
  The author and illustrator — who, by his own reckoning, worked on more than 270 titles — died Monday at age 85. Among his classics is the Caldecott winner Strega Nona, a seemingly ancient folk tale.
• Van Gogh Painting Stolen After Thieves Apparently Smash Dutch Museum Entrance
  The painting, titled The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884, was stolen early Monday morning from the Singer Laren museum near Amsterdam. Police say the thieves smashed a glass entrance.
• Authors, Publishers Condemn The 'National Emergency Library' As 'Piracy'
  Citing the coronavirus, the Internet Archive expanded its lending program for the digital copies of millions of books. But many writers and publishers say it is sharing their work without permission.
• How Winston Churchill Pulled Britain Through The Early Years Of WWII
  In The Splendid And The Vile, author Erik Larson details the British prime minister's first year in office, during which England endured a Nazi bombing campaign that killed more than 44,000 civilians.
• Famed Opera Singer Plácido Domingo Hospitalized Due To COVID-19 Complications
  Domingo's reported hospitalization comes days after he posted a message on Facebook saying it was his "moral obligation" to reveal he tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus.
• Staying At Home? Check Into Emily St. John Mandel's Haunting 'Glass Hotel'
  The author of Station Eleven weaves together stories of a hotel worker and an ultra-wealthy con man in a novel that captures how precarious life is — in a way that feels particularly resonant now.