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'Sex With a Brain Injury' reveals how concussions can test relationships

'Sex With a Brain Injury' reveals how concussions can test relationships

Annie Liontas experienced three brain injuries in the span of one year, which led to dizziness, memory fog and anger — and impacted Liontas' marriage and sex life.
by Terry Gross

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Stephen Sondheim is cool now

Stephen Sondheim is cool now

The late composer/lyricist was once considered an acquired taste — but with three shows running in New York and another on tour, he’s a hit.
by Bob Mondello

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Art Hounds: New theater at Raw Stages

Art Hounds: New theater at Raw Stages

David Cunningham’s “City Life” opens at Gallery 360. Raw Stages’ New Works Festival stages a different reading of a work-in-progress at History Theatre. Minneapolis band Sycamore Gap performs to benefit the Arbitrarium art house. 
by Emily Bright

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'The Fetishist' examines racial and sexual politics

'The Fetishist' examines racial and sexual politics

Katherine Min's well-crafted posthumous novel is inspired by Lolita — but with an Asian fetishist as Humbert Humbert and the objects of his objectification given voice.
by Kristen Martin

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Prince's 'Purple Rain' headed to Broadway in stage adaptation

Prince's 'Purple Rain' headed to Broadway in stage adaptation

Forty years after Prince's iconic "Purple Rain" film and album, a stage adaptation is in development for Broadway, featuring a team including Pulitzer-finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as writer and Tony-winning Lileana Blain-Cruz as director.
by Max Sparber

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Lily Gladstone is the Golden Globes' first Indigenous best actress winner

Lily Gladstone is the Golden Globes' first Indigenous best actress winner

Lily Gladstone has made Golden Globes history. She became the first Indigenous person to win an award for best actress in a drama on Sunday night. Gladstone won for her role as Mollie Burkhart in Martin Scorsese’s epic “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
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