MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen On Singing Cowboys And Working With Oxen
  The Coen brothers pay homage to old Westerns with their new film, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. The movie is a collection of six stories that often subvert the expectations of the genre.
• Exclusive: 'Friday Black,' 'There There' And More Longlisted For Aspen Words Prize
  Other titles include Ling Ma's Severance and Elaine Castillo's America is Not the Heart. This is the second year for the prize, which focuses on fiction that addresses contemporary issues.
• Bookstore's Tweet On The Sale Of A Children's Book After 27 Years Goes Viral
  Broadhursts Bookshop in Southport, England, sold the book about William the Conqueror that had sat on the shelf for decades. The store's tweet about the sale has inspired thousands of replies.
• 6 Years After Museum Heist, Missing Picasso Possibly Found In Romania
  Thieves entered the Netherlands' Kunsthal in 2012 and made off with seven paintings, allegedly later burned in an oven by the ringleader's mother. Now the story has taken another strange turn.
• Sunday Puzzle: Name A Category
  Weekend Edition's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and New York Times Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with WWNO listener Eric Bogren of New Orleans, La.
• 'Help, I'm Hosting': Ted Allen Dishes On Vegetarian Thanksgiving, Cooking Wild Turkey
  From menu planning to dealing with the unexpected, NPR's Weekend Edition's new holiday series offers advice to those hosting friends and family this holiday season, so it's a stress-free time for all.
• This 'Ladder To The Sky' Is Grounded In The Dirty Depths
  John Boyne's new novel is about a literary schemer, striver and climber so dastardly and downright cruel that it seems impossible to enjoy reading about him — and yet, you definitely will.
• Not My Job: We Quiz Orlando Magic Star Aaron Gordon On Actual Magic
  We recorded the show in Orlando, Fla., this week so we've invited NBA star Aaron Gordon of the Orlando Magic to play a game called "Abracadabra!"
• Behind 'The Kominsky Method,' A Sitcom King (He Prefers 'Court Jester')
  Chuck Lorre's new show for Netflix stars Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin as an aging star and his longtime agent. It's set in Hollywood, but it's really about the biggest show of all: growing old.
• 'Death And Other Holidays' Is A Perfect Literary Break
  Marci Vogel's new novella spans a year in the life of April, a young woman blindsided by loss. It's the perfect length for a story, and the perfect balance of humor, anger, sorrow and beauty.