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R.I.P. HAL: Douglas Rain, voice of computer in '2001,' dies at 90

R.I.P. HAL: Douglas Rain, voice of computer in '2001,' dies at 90

Rain was best known for the eerie, sonorous voice he lent to HAL 9000 in the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film. However, he was also celebrated for his decades of performances on the Shakespearean stage.
by Emily Sullivan

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A literary con man climbs to success in 'Ladder to the Sky'

A literary con man climbs to success in 'Ladder to the Sky'

A charismatic young writer poaches plot points from the lives of established authors in John Boyne's new novel. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls it 'erudite and ingeniously constructed.'
by Maureen Corrigan

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Ephemeral beach art display honors fallen World War I soldiers

Ephemeral beach art display honors fallen World War I soldiers

Portraits of soldiers who perished during World War I were drawn on a number of British beaches Sunday — and then, as planned, washed into the sea by rising tidewater.
by Associated Press

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Gallery: Veterans healing through mask-making art therapy

Gallery: Veterans healing through mask-making art therapy

The Fargo Veteran Affairs Health Care System offers artistic mask making as part of an art therapy program. We asked veterans to reveal the meaning behind their art.
by Matt Mikus and Ann Arbor Miller

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Alan Page set to receive nation's highest civilian honor

Alan Page set to receive nation's highest civilian honor

Page is one of seven individuals who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom next week from President Trump. The White House made the announcement Saturday.
by MPR News Staff

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An American and her Filipina translator exhume a massacre

An American and her Filipina translator exhume a massacre

Gina Apostol's new novel is a story about the Philippine-American War set in the present day, told from two dueling perspectives. Turns out the idea of multiple identities is close to her own heart.

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The rise of the Well-Read Black Girl Book Club

The rise of the Well-Read Black Girl Book Club

Glory Edim loves to read and talk about what she is reading. So she started a fellowship that became a literary festival, a collection of essays and a national phenomenon.
by Lynn Neary

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