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Jennine Capó Crucet aimed to write an elegy of Miami in new 'Scarface'-inspired novel

5:07pm March 19, 2024

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Jennine Capó Crucet about her new book, Say Hello to My Little Friend and how she drew inspiration from Scarface, Miami and the Seaquarium's killer whale, Lolita.

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'The Tree Doctor' chronicles one woman's response to a series of life-changing crises

2:44pm March 19, 2024

by Michael Schaub

Marie Mutsuki Mockett's latest novel about a wife and mother is wise and sensitive, and a stunning reflection on how we reinvent ourselves when we're left with no other choice.

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'James' reimagines Twain's 'Huckleberry Finn' with mordant humor, and horror

1:51pm March 19, 2024

by Maureen Corrigan

Percival Everett's retelling of Mark Twain's 1885 classic focuses on Huck's enslaved companion. James is a tale so inspired, you won't be able to imagine reading the original without it.

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For Christine Blasey Ford, the fallout of the Kavanaugh hearing is ongoing

1:51pm March 19, 2024

by Terry Gross

In 2018, Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. Her new memoir is One Way Back.

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The 92nd Street Y, New York is celebrating its 150th anniversary. As a Jewish cultural institution, it's also facing criticism related to the Israel-Hamas war.

92NY, a historic cultural center, turns 150 — grappling with today's Israel-Hamas war

8:34am March 19, 2024

by Elizabeth Blair

The 92nd Street Y, New York was originally founded to help Jewish immigrants assimilate. Today, 92NY is a cultural force for all. But its response to the Israel-Hamas war has been divisive.

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Voting is underway to decide which video games will be selected for hall of fame

5:15am March 19, 2024

The Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y., has announced the 12 finalists for this year. After a public vote, four will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in May.

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This 23-year-old media literacy influencer wants you to read the paper

5:23pm March 18, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with 23-year-old Kelsey Russell, who is bringing printed news to TikTok's Gen Z and Gen Alpha viewers.

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Actor Michael Imperioli talks 'An enemy of the People' and its modern parallels

5:14pm March 18, 2024

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with actor Michael Imperioli about his Broadway debut in An Enemy of the People and the relevance of this adaptation of the play, roughly 150 years after the original.

On Wednesday, people looked at a Banksy mural in London which has been defaced with white paint. The artwork first appeared overnight on Sunday and was confirmed to be Banksy's work on Monday.

New Banksy tree mural in London has been defaced

4:03pm March 18, 2024

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Banksy's artwork, which was unveiled Monday, provides a burst of green foliage to a denuded, severely pruned tree in Islington North. By Wednesday, the mural was partly covered in white paint.

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'James' revisits Huck Finn's traveling companion, giving rise to a new classic

2:33pm March 18, 2024

by Carole V. Bell

In a fever dream of a retelling, America's new reigning king of satire has turned a loved classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, upside down, placing Huck's enslaved companion Jim at the center.