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Amanda Gorman, in a first, brings poetry to Super Bowl

Amanda Gorman, in a first, brings poetry to Super Bowl

Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who stirred America at the inauguration of President Joe Biden last month, again commanded the spotlight on one of the country's biggest stages, the Super Bowl.
by The Associated Press

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Powerful 'Removed' walks a path between memory and mourning

Powerful 'Removed' walks a path between memory and mourning

Brandon Hobson's new novel crosses back and forth between past and present, mourning and memory to tell the story of a Cherokee family grappling with the death of a son at the hands of the police.
by Marcela Davison Avilés

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Facing down the monster within in 'What Big Teeth'

Facing down the monster within in 'What Big Teeth'

Rose Szabo has created a monstrous, dysfunctional family far worse than anything Charles Addams ever dreamed up — and young daughter Eleanor may be the worst of them. She just doesn't know why.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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Compelling queer romance eclipses sci-fi stakes in 'Winter's Orbit'

Compelling queer romance eclipses sci-fi stakes in 'Winter's Orbit'

This charming, trope-laden sci-fi romance started life as an original story posted to a fanfiction site, and it wears its fannish influences proudly. Fake-dating? Hurt/comfort? Sunny/grumpy? Yes!
by Natalie Zutter

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'The Good Girls' aims to uncover the story behind the deaths of two Indian girls

'The Good Girls' aims to uncover the story behind the deaths of two Indian girls

Two young, inseparable teenage girls were found hanging side by side from a mango tree in a small village in India in May 2014. Author Sonia Faleiro investigates their deaths in a new book.
by Scott Simon

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A journalist's eye enlivens 'Land Of Big Numbers'

A journalist's eye enlivens 'Land Of Big Numbers'

Journalist Te-Ping Chen's fiction debut puts her reportorial talents to brilliant use, in a collection of short stories about Chinese life that will make readers reconsider their settled notions.
by Kamil Ahsan

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Awards season is here; these are the movies you need to see now

Awards season is here; these are the movies you need to see now

Two longtime film critics joined the program to talk all things awards season. What are the best films of the year? The worst? The ones you know you should like but just couldn’t get through? The ones that surprised you? After the show, you’ll know exactly what to stream this weekend.
by Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

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Music venue owners, artists reflect on how the pandemic changed their industry

Music venue owners, artists reflect on how the pandemic changed their industry

NPR's Audie Cornish checks in with music venue owners and artists to gauge how they're managing during the pandemic and what funding from the Save Our Stages Act would do for the live music industry.

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Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies

Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies

Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award winner in history, has died. He was 91.
by The Associated Press

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All the home’s a stage: Far-flung actors, crew unite for Theater Mu’s new show

All the home’s a stage: Far-flung actors, crew unite for Theater Mu’s new show

After months of planning and with pandemic restrictions still in place, Theater Mu in St. Paul will launch its mainstage season on Saturday with a new production merging theater and film — a play that’s designed for, and speaks to, the times we’re living in. 
by Emily Bright

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