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Heaven Knows What stars Arielle Holmes and is based on her experience as a homeless heroin addict in New York City.

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'Heaven Knows What' Adds New Wrinkles To The Street Junkie Narrative

6:20pm May 29, 2015

by Bob Mondello

The film slightly fictionalizes the experience of Arielle Holmes, a young homeless addict whom filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie first encountered in Manhattan's Diamond District.

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Photographer Gabriel Garcia Roman's "Queer Icons" series portrays queer people of color as saints and warriors. Jahmal Golden is a poet and a student at The New School.

Not Your Mother's Catholic Frescoes: Radiant Portraits Of Queer People Of Color

4:54pm May 29, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Inspired by Mexican religious art, photographer Gabriel Garcia Roman portrays queer people of color as saints and warriors.

Actress Mackenzie Davis plays an '80s punk software developer in AMC's Halt and Catch Fire. The second season premieres May 31.

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'Halt And Catch Fire' Explores What It Was Like For Women In '80s Tech

3:23pm May 29, 2015

by NPR Staff

Mackenzie Davis, lead actress in the AMC show, says she's more interested in the story of an underdog woman than of a "damaged, white, middle-class male figuring out his dreams."

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In 2014, BookCon responded to the We Need Diverse Books campaign by inviting it to form its own panel. Pictured here (from left): I.W. Gregorio, Mike Jung, Matt de la Pena, Grace Lin and Jacqueline Woodson.

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A Year Later, #WeNeedDiverseBooks Has Left Its Mark On BookCon

3:10pm May 29, 2015

by Lynn Neary

The Twitter campaign was born out of the controversy around the lack of diverse voices in the event's panels. This year, one organizer says, the first panel they booked was with that campaign.

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Are DVD Box Sets A Dying Business? Studios Hope The Answer Is 'Not Yet'

3:03pm May 29, 2015

by David Bianculli

As viewers turn to streaming sites to watch old TV shows, studios are issuing new DVD box sets of classic shows to a shrinking market. Critic Dave Bianculli suggests a few sets that are worth buying.

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#NPRreads: Gambling In The Bible Belt

1:59pm May 29, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

Also in this week's #NPRReads, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's elementary school teacher recalls the Boston bomber, a profile of Ohio's governor, Judaism in South Dakota and putting a face on the refugee crisis.

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Winston-Salem Symphony, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Land Ho!, and Guitarist William Tyler

1:56pm May 29, 2015

by David Ford

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A drawing of two clinking martini glasses.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Tomorrowland,' The Future And The Past

12:56pm May 29, 2015

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, we tackle Tomorrowland and consider pop culture looks at both the future and the past. And as always, we chat about what's making us happy this week.

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David Oyelowo plays an American Army veteran living with his mother in HBO's Nightingale.

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David Oyelowo On Acting, His Royal Roots And The One Role He Won't Take

10:06am May 29, 2015

The British-born Nigerian actor talks about playing an American veteran in Nightingale, the reasons he stays in character for weeks at a time and his aversion to playing "the black best friend."

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David Oyelowo Flies Solo In HBO's 'Nightingale'

9:34am May 29, 2015

by Linda Holmes

Oyelowo, who won accolades in 2014 for Selma, here works alone on camera in a dramatic film about a man coming undone in his mother's house.