MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Arts & Culture Stories from NPR

• Top Publishers Sue Audible, Alleging Encroachment On Text Territory
  The seven plaintiffs, which include all of the publishing industry's Big Five, say the audiobook company is violating copyrights with a planned feature that would transcribe audiobooks for listeners.
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus: 'I Don't Think I've Made It ... And I Like That'
  Nominated for a ninth Emmy Award in acting, the star of Veep and Seinfeld talks about getting her first laugh, her rocky start at Saturday Night Live and the #MeToo movement.
• 'Fresh Air' Remembers 'Easy Rider' Peter Fonda
  The Oscar-nominated actor and screenwriter, who died Aug. 16, spoke to Terry Gross in 1998 about Ulee's Gold, Easy Rider and his acting philosophy of "doing less — and making more of it."
• 440 Years Old And Filled With Footprints, These Aren't Your Everyday Maps
  In 1577, King Philip II of Spain wanted to know whom he was ruling and where in his vast kingdom they were. So his viceroy asked the indigenous groups in what is now Mexico to draw some maps for him.
• Work Cultures Clash When A Chinese Company Reopens An 'American Factory'
  A new film chronicles what happens when a Chinese billionaire reopens a former General Motors plant in Ohio. John Powers says it's an old-school observational documentary in the very best sense.
• Characters Shine In Powerful, Dreamy 'The World Doesn't Require You'
  Rion Amilcar Scott's second story collection returns readers to his fictional town of Cross River, Md., site of America's only successful slave uprising, and God is one of the best-known residents.
• 'Going Dutch' Is A Charming, Well-Observed Debut
  James Gregor's novel about a gay man who falls into an intense relationship with a woman mixes old-fashioned style and contemporary setting. His observations on human nature are precisely rendered.
• '90s Kids, Rejoice: 'Invader Zim,' A Cult-Classic Nicktoon, Returns
  Eighteen years after the short-lived series premiered, Invader Zim is back with a one-off special that lacks the edge of the show's best episodes, but recalls what made it so fun.
• 'Give Me Liberty': A Brilliant, Transporting Film About A Medical Driver's Busy Day
  A young Russian-American (Chris Galust) drives a beat-up medical transport van full of demanding, quirky passengers through Milwaukee's backstreets in this funny, authentic film.
• 'Vita & Virginia': Get A Room (Of Your Own), You Two
  The film, based on Eileen Atkins' play about the correspondence between Virginia Woolf and Virginia Sackville-West, is a standard British period drama that tries, and fails, to be something more.