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Jason Bateman Embraces His Darker Side In 'Ozark'

2:10pm April 14, 2020

by Terry Gross

Bateman plays a financial manager who launders money for Mexico's second biggest drug cartel in the Netflix series. He also recently directed The Outsider, HBO's adaptation of Stephen King's novel.

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Delivery van driver Ricky (Kris Hitchen) takes a break with his his daughter (Katie Proctor) in the Ken Loach drama Sorry We Missed You.

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3 Movies That Strike A Balance Between Escapism And Anxiety

1:32pm April 14, 2020

by Justin Chang

What to watch next while sheltering in place? Critic Justin Chang recommends Sorry We Missed You, Green for Danger and My Neighbor Totoro.

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Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back, by Mark O'Connell

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In 'Notes From An Apocalypse,' The End Of The World Is A State Of Mind

10:10am April 14, 2020

by Annalisa Quinn

In charming, anxious, tender essays, writer Mark O'Connell examines his own apocalyptic frame of mind by taking "a series of perverse pilgrimages" to subcultures preparing for the end of the world.

A portrait of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright hangs in the State Department's Treaty Room, in Washington, D.C, on Feb. 27, 2020.

Human Moments, Nuggets Of Reflection Are True Treasures In New Albright Memoir

6:59am April 14, 2020

by Caitlyn Kim

"I was intent on making the next stage of my life even more interesting than the last," former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright writes in Hell And Other Destinations.

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'i dream of covid' Tracks Subconscious Under Quarantine

6:35pm April 13, 2020

Many people are reporting strange and vivid dreams while in quarantine. Erin Gravley, a Bay Area resident, decided to track those dreams on her website i dream of covid in hopes of finding patterns.

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The Women in Black, by Madeleine St. John

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Need A Mental Escape? These Books Offer Solace In Troubled Times

11:40am April 13, 2020

by Maureen Corrigan

With much of the world on lockdown due to the pandemic, critic Maureen Corrigan turns to books for companionship. Her recommended reads span fiction, nonfiction and poetry — some old, some new.

Actors, Singers Raise Money For CDC Charity With Virtual Seder

11:08am April 13, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

Hollywood stars, Jews and non-Jews, celebrated Passover by streaming a Seder online Saturday night. It raised some $2 million for the CDC Foundation's Emergency Response Fund to battle COVID-19.

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#NPRPoetry Month: Tracy K. Smith

4:55pm April 12, 2020

NPR's Tom Gjelten speaks with Tracy K. Smith, 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in poetry, about her favorite listener-submitted poems for National Poetry Month.

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A Haunting Home Movie Inspired Lois Lowry To Write 'On The Horizon'

7:20am April 12, 2020

by Samantha Balaban

The film, made in 1939 or 1940, shows Lowry as a child playing on the beach, with a ship in the distance. She later learned it was the USS Arizona, which sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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In Cesar Aira's Latest, 'Artforum' Has A Magic Beyond The Page

7:00am April 12, 2020

by Kamil Ahsan

Aira's oddball new novella chronicles his love affair with the magazine Artforum, to which he ascribes almost magical qualities. It's a giddy, self-indulgent but delightful read.