MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• In One Art Exhibition, Women Are 'Taking Space' They've Long Deserved
  Works by female artists are center stage at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in an exhibition called Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale.
• 'Hunt, Gather, Parent' Offers Lessons Collected Around The World
  NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff found that parenting books she read after becoming a mom left a lot out. When she went through a tough period with her daughter, she traveled the world in search of guidance.
• 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.
• 'Minari' Director Reflects On The Yi Family's Experience, And Parallels To His Own
  Director Lee Isaac Chung's film is loosely based on his childhood. He tells NPR he's not trying to refute the idea of the American dream, but to speak to the feeling of "maybe waking up from a dream."
• 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.