Arts

Words Made Flesh: Literature And The Language Of Prayer

7:03am June 21, 2015

by Juan Vidal

No American writer has been able to pin down the intersection of faith, prayer and art like Flannery O'Connor. Critic Juan Vidal reflects on her Prayer Journal, and the faith that words can live.

Erik Jensen portrays rock critic Lester Bangs in the new one-man play How to Be a Rock Critic.

'Lester, You Changed Our Lives': Channeling Bangs In 'How To Be a Rock Critic'

6:42pm June 20, 2015

by NPR Staff

Husband-wife team Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank talk about their play based on the life and writings of legendary rock scribe Lester Bangs.

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Mindy Kaling speaks at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations on July 10, 2014 in North Hollywood, Calif.

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Not My Job: Mindy Kaling Gets Quizzed On Do-It-Yourself Projects

11:05am June 20, 2015

Since Kaling was the star of The Mindy Project, we're going to ask her to play a game called "The Home Improvement Project."

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Survival Is Insufficient: 'Station Eleven' Preserves Art After The Apocalypse

10:40am June 20, 2015

by NPR Staff

In Emily St. John Mandel's novel, Station Eleven, a Shakespearean troupe clings to scraps of civilization after a deadly pandemic. Mandel and NPR's Scott Simon talk about art at the end of the world.

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Simon Armitage frowns with dignity after being awarded the Commander of the British Empire medal at Buckingham Palace in 2010. Though he began the nomination process for the Oxford post as an underdog, he emerged from the ensuing drama with the professors

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After Verses Turn To Versus, Poet Emerges With Renowned Oxford Post

5:47pm June 19, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

If you didn't know better, you might mistake the hubbub for American politics. But amid the fickle endorsements and dust-ups, poet Simon Armitage won election as the newest Oxford professor of poetry.

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Tell Us About Your Favorite Romances — It's The NPR Books Summer Of Love!

5:12pm June 19, 2015

by Petra Mayer

This year our famous summer reader poll is all about romance. Whether you like contemporary, historical, suspense or inspirational, we want to hear about your favorite Happily Ever Afters!

Napoleon Bonaparte flees the field of Waterloo, June 18, 1815.

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Don't Know Much About History? Read A Romance

5:12pm June 19, 2015

by Bobbi Dumas

Pick up a historical romance and you'll find more than a pleasant read. Often, you'll find a new connection to people, places and history-- for example, the Battle of Waterloo, 200 years ago today.

This is the real promo art for a real Lifetime movie starring Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell.

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The Weird — Weirder? — Thing About The Ferrell-Wiig Lifetime Movie

2:47pm June 19, 2015

by Linda Holmes

Despite the big stars, it's hard to make a straight-faced parody of something watched by people who often already think it's a joke.

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The Love Language, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, and Taylor Brown

1:36pm June 19, 2015

by David Ford

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Pixar's 'Inside Out' Is A Mind-Opening Masterpiece

1:26pm June 19, 2015

by David Edelstein

Director Pete Docter had the idea for this movie a little over five years ago after he saw his own 11-year-old daughter become sad and tried to imagine how the world looked through her eyes.

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