MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• 'Hamilton' Cast Re-imagines Show's Lyrics To Promote Voter Registration Day
  The performance was part of a virtual voter turnout event hosted by former first lady Michelle Obama and the nonprofit When We All Vote.
• There's No 'Convenient Structure To Life,' Says Allie Brosh
  Comic artist Allie Brosh has just published her long-awaited second book, Solutions and Other Problems. It's full of her trademark googly-eyed drawings and stories about life, pets and loss.
• 'White House, Inc.' Author: Trump's Businesses Offer 'A Million Potential Conflicts'
  Dan Alexander of Forbes examines the president's sprawling business interests in a new book. He says Trump has broken a number of pledges he made about how he would conduct business while in office.
• 'Guess How Much I Love You' Author Sam McBratney Dies At 77
  "I love you right up to the moon — and back," Big Nutbrown Hare tells Little Nutbrown Hare. Their affections were translated into 57 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide.
• From 'SNL' To Workout Videos, How RBG Became A Pop Culture Icon
  Outside the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had another life in pop culture as a symbol of dissent and feminism. The Notorious RBG was celebrated in memes, movies, T-shirts and tote bags
• In 'Can't Even,' Burnout Is Seen As A Societal Problem — One We Can't Solve Alone
  Burnout, Anne Helen Petersen argues, will end only with sweeping labor-policy changes — meaning it will end only when we "vote en masse to elect politicians who will agitate for [reform] tirelessly."
• Rediscovering The Enormous Social And Spiritual Legacy Of Black Jazz Records
  As jazz experienced an awakening in the late '60s and early '70s , a record label from Oakland was at the forefront of capturing it. Now, those records are finally returning.
• 'Conditional Citizens' Examines What It Means To Be An American
  Laila Lalami's new book is Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America. She says conditional citizens — of which she's one — are people sometimes embraced by America, other times rejected.
• 92nd Street Y Pivots From In-Person Events To Virtual Programs
  The pandemic has made for a bleak outlook for the arts. Enter the 92nd Street Y in New York, which outlasted the Depression, Sept. 11 attacks and is making changes to stay afloat during the pandemic.
• Microsoft To Buy Bethesda In $7.5 Billion Deal, Acquiring Fallout, The Elder Scrolls
  The deal is set to be one of the largest ever acquisitions in the video game industry. Once the deal is finalized, Microsoft will own popular franchises such as Wolfenstein, Quake, and DOOM.