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A Gay Teen Romance, Sealed With A Peck: 'Love, Simon'

5:00pm March 15, 2018

by Glen Weldon

Come for the rom-com elements, familiar and dutiful though they are. Stay for the film's sensitive, specific and closely observed coming-out storyline, which feels new — and important.

Petal Pusher: Erica (Zoey Deutsch) and her friends team up to stalk a potential child molester in the off-kilter comedy Flower.

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'Flower' Is Thorny But Rootless

5:00pm March 15, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Max Winkler's tale of a teenager who uses sex to get revenge on a man who may or may not have assaulted her step-brother is a "glib character study" that tries too hard to shock.

Debbie Naha forages for wild edibles during the late winter in Pequea, Pa.

VIDEO: We Went Foraging For Winter's Wild Edibles

11:45am March 15, 2018

by Maia Stern

People might not think of winter as a fruitful season for foraging wild edibles, but nutritionist and expert forager Debbie Naha says there's actually a lot out there that you can find year-round.

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In 'Go Home,' Finding — Or Building — A Home In Words

7:00am March 15, 2018

by Ilana Masad

This new anthology of Asian diasporic writers, edited by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, is packed with stories, essays and poetry on the idea of home — where it is, what it is, and how you find or lose it.

Actor Danny Trejo, shown here in 2014, produced the documentary Survivors Guide To Prison, which focuses on injustices within the criminal justice system.

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Danny Trejo On Acting, Addiction And Playing 'The Mean Chicano Dude'

5:34pm March 14, 2018

by Terry Gross

Trejo says that his experience standing in the San Quentin prison yard waiting for a riot prepared him for acting: "You're absolutely scared to death ... [but] you have to pretend you're not."

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Humor Blends With Tragedy In The Farcical 'Death of Stalin'

5:19pm March 14, 2018

by David Edelstein

Armando Iannucci's new film satirizes the days in 1953 when the Soviet Union lost its totalitarian leader and members of his inner circle argued, plotted and killed while selecting a successor.

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From The 'Fresh Air' Archives: Eddie Bunker, Who Honed His Writing Craft In Prison

2:05pm March 14, 2018

Bunker, who died in 2005, spent 18 years in prison before becoming a successful writer. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1985 film Runaway Train, which helped launch the career of actor Danny Trejo.

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Taylor Richardson, a 14-year-old aspiring astronaut, raised more than $100,000 to send girls to see the movie A Wrinkle In Time.

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14-Year-Old Raises $100,000 To Treat Girls To 'A Wrinkle In Time'

2:01pm March 14, 2018

by Asia Simone Burns

Taylor Richardson set up a GoFundMe to raise $15,000 to send 1,000 girls to see the Disney film. But, with the help of J.J. Abrams, Chris Pine and Oprah, she surpassed her goal.

Cover detail from Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life, by Laura Thompson

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2 Books Investigate The Mysteries Of Agatha Christie And The Golden State Killer

11:49am March 14, 2018

by Maureen Corrigan

Maureen Corrigan recommends two books that grapple with real-life mysteries: Laura Thompson's biography of the sphinxlike Agatha Christie, and I'll Be Gone In The Dark, by the late Michelle McNamara.

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Memory Is Mutable, Understanding Elusive In 'Memento Park'

7:00am March 14, 2018

by Heller McAlpin

Mark Sarvas' new novel is dedicated to his own father and grandfathers — it's the story of a C-list movie actor and the valuable heirloom that leads him to dig into his family's history.