MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• 'Filth Elder' John Waters Says There Are Still 'Plenty Of Rules' Left To Break
  The cult filmmaker, 73, has plenty of ideas about what older people should and shouldn't do. "You can't be trying too hard to rebel [when] you're older," Waters says. His new book is Mr. Know-It-All.
• Love Goes Global In These 3 May Romances
  This month, we're bringing you stories from around the world, featuring royals and regular boys and girls who risk it all for their happy ever after — from Vietnam to California to Scotland.
• 'Game Of Thrones' Finale, Season 8, Episode 6: 'No One Is Very Happy'
  After eight seasons, 73 episodes and a whole lot of characters saying "bend the knee" all the time, HBO's massive fantasy series is finally over.
• Legendary Comic Sammy Shore, Co-Founder Of The Comedy Store, Dies At 92
  Shore died on Saturday surrounded by his family, his son announced on Twitter. The Comedy Store went on to become a hotbed for famous performers like David Letterman and Robin Williams.
• 'There's Something About Sweetie' — Something Irrepressibly Joyous
  Sandhya Menon's followup to her hit young adult novel When Dimple Met Rishi follows a young woman with a big voice, a big personality — and to her family's dismay (though not her own), a big body.
• Academics Gather To Study Phish, Man
  A first-ever academic conference on the meaning and impact of the jam band Phish is happening this weekend in Oregon.
• How Vietnamese Americans Took Over The Nails Business: A Documentary
  If you got a manicure lately, chances are your nail salon was run by Vietnamese entrepreneurs. In Nailed It, director Adele Free Pham investigates how refugees built a multibillion-dollar industry.
• The Colonial Roots Of Pimiento Cheese
  A Filipina American discovers her favorite cheesy snack has a bloody origin story.
• A Photographer's Search For The Vanishing Stars Of Bengali Folk Theater
  Ten years after leaving his childhood home in West Bengal, photographer Soumya Sankar Bose returned to find that stars of Jatra, a popular local form of folk theater, were fading from public view.
• Buckle Up For This 'Million Mile Road Trip'
  We're trying not to make the "long, strange trip" joke about Rudy Rucker's new novel, but it's about three teens in a beat-up purple wagon with a dark energy motor, traveling across dimensions, so ...