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How Rodgers And Hammerstein Revolutionized Broadway

1:48pm April 09, 2018

by Terry Gross

Todd Purdum's new book, Something Wonderful, is about the creative partnership and strained personal relationship behind such hit shows as Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific and The Sound of Music.

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Rebecca Miller's new documentary film Arthur Miller: Writer is based on decades of home footage and interviews she conducted with her father.

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Documenting The Offstage Life Of Playwright Arthur Miller (AKA Dad)

5:12pm April 08, 2018

by Michel Martin

In a new film, Rebecca Miller paints an intimate portrait of her father, the towering icon of American theater and one-time celebrity, out of decades' worth of home interviews.

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'No One Meant To Be In My Office': A Divorce Lawyer's Tips On Staying Together

7:15am April 08, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

James Sexton has seen the demise of more than a thousand marriages — which inspired him to write a new book on how to keep it together. His advice? Keep communicating, and be painfully honest.

Judy Norsigian, executive director and founder of Our Bodies, Ourselves, speaks behind a copy of the women's health guide at the National Press Club in 2012.

Feminist Health Guide 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' Will Stop Publishing

7:15am April 08, 2018

The groundbreaking book was first released in the early 1970s. It gave women frank information about then-taboo topics like masturbation, birth control and female sexual anatomy.

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Pop Up Exhibit Shows Off Childhood Art Of Contemporary Artists

7:15am April 08, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with Kyle Dewoody, who is curating the new exhibit of well-known artists' childhood work at the Underground Museum in Los Angeles.

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Birds Open Bottles And Catfish Hunt Pigeons When 'Darwin Comes To Town'

7:00am April 08, 2018

by Genevieve Valentine

Evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen's new book is a breezy (sometimes too breezy) account of the ways animals have adapted to city life, and the staggering impact humans have had on evolution.

Poet Jessica Care Moore performs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2014.

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Don't Put Yourself In A Box, Unless It's On Twitter: Detroit Poet Reads #NPRpoetry

5:45am April 08, 2018

Weekend All Things Considered marks National Poetry Month with Detroit poet Jessica Care Moore. From secrets, to storms, she tells us which mini poems in our Twitter feed caught her eye.

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Tracy Morgan in The Last O.G. "I'm feeling great, I'm feeling blessed. What's more important for me, is to make sure [my audience is] feeling good," he tells NPR.

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'The Last O.G.' Is 'About Second Chances,' Tracy Morgan Says

5:29pm April 07, 2018

by James Doubek

After recovering from a terrible traffic accident in 2014, The Last O.G. is Morgan's first major role since 30 Rock. He plays a man fresh out of prison adapting to a changed Brooklyn.

Tweet Us Your Best, Whether Dark Or In Jest, Poems Up To 140, And We'll Do The Rest

12:25pm April 07, 2018

by Emma Bowman

April is National Poetry Month and we're asking our readers to help us celebrate. We supply the hashtag — you fill our feeds with your mini works of art.

After marrying in 1960 and divorcing in 1968, Harold Holland and Lillian Barnes are remarrying each other this year.

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A Half-Century After Getting Divorced, This Couple Is Heading Back Down The Aisle

12:06pm April 07, 2018

Love came full circle for Lillian Barnes and Harold Holland, who divorced in 1968 but are getting remarried this year.

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