MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Remembering innovative fashion designer Paco Rabanne
  Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at 88 years old, according to his fashion house. He was known for his fragrances and space-age designs.
• Berklee Indian Ensemble's expansive, star-studded debut album is a Grammy contender
  Ten years ago, Annette Philip found her homeland's rich culture was underrepresented at the prestigious school. So she started a massive collective that's taken on a life of its own.
• 'Wait Wait' for Feb. 4, 2023: With Not My Job guest Billy Porter
  Billy Porter is a legend who's just an Oscar away from an EGOT. His new movie is 80 for Brady, but what does he know about The Brady Bunch?
• Shlomo Perel, a Holocaust survivor who inspired the film 'Europa Europa,' dies at 98
  Shlomo Perel, who survived the Holocaust through surreal subterfuge and an extraordinary odyssey that inspired his own writing and an internationally renowned film, has died in Israel.
• A Ukrainian photojournalist reflects on documenting a year of war
  NPR's Scott Simon talks with Evgeniy Maloletka, an Ukrainian photojournalist, about what it's been like documenting a year of war in his country.
• Poetry finally has its own Grammy category – mostly thanks to J. Ivy, nominee
  Poet J. Ivy is a nominee for the Grammys' Best Spoken Word Poetry Album award — a new category he helped create, after petitioning the Recording Academy.
• A Wife of Bath 'biography' brings a modern woman out of the Middle Ages
  Dreamed up by Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales more than 600 years ago, the Wife of Bath was known for her lusty appetites, gossipy asides and fondness for wine.
• Activist Alice Wong reflects on 'The Year of the Tiger' and her hopes for 2023
  In the Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life, Alice Wong shares pieces of her story and experience as a disabled Asian American through a collection of essays, interviews, photos and illustrations.
• Before 'Hrs and Hrs,' Muni Long spent years and years working for others
  The Grammy-nominated R&B artist made her name in the music industry as a songwriter. It took a career pivot for her to write a hit song for herself.
• Fans said the future of 'Dungeons & Dragons' was at risk. So they went to battle
  When Dungeons & Dragons fans saw a leaked draft of proposed changes to the game's copyright license, the backlash against publisher Wizards of the Coast was so severe it reversed course.