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#NPRpoetry Moment: Follow That Shiny Bald Spot

5:12pm April 10, 2016

To celebrate National Poetry Month this April, All Things Considered asked listeners to Tweet poems with the hashtag #NPRpoetry. Eight-year-old Lily Sciacca writes about how she finds her father.

Buster Keaton stars in Film, Samuel Beckett's only foray onto the big screen.

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Buster Keaton And Samuel Beckett Walk Into A Movie Studio ...

9:30am April 10, 2016

by Howie Movshovitz

In 1964, the silent film master and the celebrated playwright made a film together. It was Beckett's first movie — and it showed. Notfilm tells the story of their collaboration.

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Frodo, Bilbo, Kullervo: Tolkien's Finnish Adventure

7:00am April 10, 2016

by Elizabeth Graham

While still at university, J.R.R. Tolkein became fascinated by Finnish mythology, abandoning his Classics degree to adapt the epic Story of Kullervo — work that led to the creation of Middle Earth.

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#NPRpoetry Moment: Poem Of The Potato

5:39pm April 09, 2016

This National Poetry Month, All Things Considered asked you to submit Twitter poems. Lisa Fitzpatrick writes poetry to help her Spanish skills and Emily Jones writes about her love of the potato.

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#NPRpoetry Moment: 'Love Is A Rube Goldberg Machine'

5:33pm April 09, 2016

This National Poetry Month, All Things Considered challenged listeners to submit Twitter poems with the hashtag #NPRpoetry. Listener Tommy Welty wrote about his family.

Drew Scott (left) and Jonathan Silver Scott are identical twins who grew up on a ranch outside Calgary. They host hit TV shows in Canada and on the HGTV network.

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Not My Job: The Property Brothers Get Quizzed On Matchmaking

11:31am April 09, 2016

Jonathan and Drew Scott have an HGTV show in which they help people renovate their dream homes. (They're joining us by phone because if they saw the way we decorate it would actually kill them.)

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Lin-Manuel Miranda appears in Hamilton's opening night at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City, in August 2015.

Lin-Manuel Miranda Talks 'Hamilton': Once A 'Ridiculous' Pitch, Now A Revolution

11:28am April 09, 2016

by NPR Staff

When the Broadway musical's creator said the life of Alexander Hamilton embodied hip-hop, people laughed. Now, he's written a book about the national phenomenon with former critic Jeremy McCarter.

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Japanese food was once derided, but it's now in the canon of haute cuisine, says author Krishnendu Ray. How we value a culture's cuisine in our society, he says, often reflects the status of those who cook it.

Why Hunting Down 'Authentic Ethnic Food' Is A Loaded Proposition

11:26am April 09, 2016

by Maria Godoy

In a new book, an NYU scholar explores how immigrants shape the American palate. He says it's time to ditch the phrase "ethnic food" — which lumps all nonwhite people and their cuisines together.

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Charlie And Lola Are Back In 'Absolutely One Thing'

11:13am April 09, 2016

Lauren Child has a new "Charlie and Lola" book after a long hiatus. She tells NPR's Scott Simon that she needed a break, but then she missed her popular characters.

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Sleep Deprived: We're Recharging Our Phones, But Not Ourselves

10:57am April 09, 2016

by NPR Staff

Arianna Huffington says we're in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis and that Donald Trump really shouldn't be bragging about needing only four hours of sleep a night.

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