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A Mystery 'Bullet' Reveals Long-Kept Family Secrets

11:03am March 15, 2015

The hero of Mary Louise Kelly's novel, The Bullet, discovers she has a bullet in her neck but doesn't know how it got there. Kelly tells NPR's Rachel Martin she was inspired by a true story.

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From left, Bastian Wurbs (as Titus), Joel Basman (as Valentin) and Nikki Rappl (as Lukas) star in Keep Rollin', a coming-of-age drama featured in the seventh annual Reelabilities film festival.

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People With Disabilities, On Screen And Sans Clichés

10:43pm March 14, 2015

by NPR Staff

Films that focus on disability are frequently overlooked by festivals and audiences. Reelabilities, a 15-city festival, is bucking the trend, showcasing films by and about people with disabilities.

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'Windows' That Transform The World: Jane Hirshfield On Poetry

9:23pm March 14, 2015

by NPR Staff

In a "window moment," the poet says, a work shifts and expands: "By glancing for a moment at something else, the field of the poem becomes larger. What's in the room with the poem is bigger."

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Murder City Earns Its Name In 'Blood Runs Green'

5:20pm March 14, 2015

by NPR Staff

Before Beulah Annan or Leopold and Loeb, another murder became a Chicago sensation. Scott Simon speaks with Gillian O'Brien, author of Blood Runs Green: The Murder that Transfixed Gilded Age Chicago.

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"I auditioned for The Lion King 20 times in 15 years, until they finally told me, 'You are not passing as a straight giraffe.'" - Titus Andromedon, the character Tituss Burgess plays in the new show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

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Tituss Burgess: You're Rocking This Thing

1:54pm March 14, 2015

The co-star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt talks about playing hilarious and bizarre TV characters, then goes back to his Broadway roots to sing a "sedentary" version of a Guys and Dolls classic.

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TV Movies

1:54pm March 14, 2015

TV movies are usually an hour-long special on TV but in this game they are mashed up TV and movie titles which all share one word in common.

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Palindromes Semordnilap

1:54pm March 14, 2015

A palindrome is a word or phrase that is the same forwards and backwards, but a semordnilap ("palindromes" backwards) is a word that becomes a different word when read backwards. Get it, smug gums?

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Award-Winning Tonys

1:54pm March 14, 2015

Apparently, the key to success is being named Tony, because these various Tonys have all won awards. Try to guess which Tony won a Best Supporting Emmy on Veep.

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Stateside Attractions

1:54pm March 14, 2015

Everybody knows how to identify state names from the first few letters, but the last ones? What state ends with a "s-i-n"? Bonus trivia: we'll tell you a weird roadside attraction found in each state.

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What Is Jeopardy?

1:54pm March 14, 2015

Because you've been programmed to give answers in the form of a question, all the answers in this game are famous phrases that begin with the question "what is."

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