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A Collection Of Poems That Offers An Unlikely Kind Of Hope

5:45am October 18, 2014

by Craig Morgan Teicher

In his second poetry collection, The New Testament, Jericho Brown weaves together strains of religious invocations with his uneasy identity as a southern, gay, black man into a beguiling self myth.

The letters compiled in the book Letters of Note range from funny to sweet to tragic.

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Email Just Can't Compete With Heartfelt 'Letters Of Note'

10:02pm October 17, 2014

by NPR Staff

The art of letter writing is also an act of preserving history. The correspondences gathered in the book Letters Of Note tell stories of delight, hope and loss — and the nature of human connection.

In Birdman, Michael Keaton (a real-life former Batman) plays a former movie superhero who's trying to get a grasp on his career.

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'Birdman' Tracks A Comeback In (Seemingly) One Long Take

6:26pm October 17, 2014

by Bob Mondello

NPR film critic Bob Mondello says Birdman is an entertainingly complicated jigsaw puzzle — in both storytelling and technique.

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Out Of The Lockerbie Bombing, A Bond And A 'Letter Of Note'

6:26pm October 17, 2014

Audie Cornish speaks with Frank Ciulla about a poignant letter cherished by his family. It was written after his father was killed in the Lockerbie bombing in 1988.

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Rebooted Comic Heroine Is An Elegant, Believable 'Marvel'

6:18pm October 17, 2014

by Etelka Lehoczky

Author G. Willow Wilson and artist Adrian Alphona introduce the new Ms. Marvel — a 16-year-old Muslim girl from Jersey City — with elegant line work and utterly believable characterizations.

There's a strong element of buying with your eyes at Tincan. Rows of gourmet-quality tins, beautifully packaged in collectible-worthy cans, are displayed at eye level.

At London's Tincan, Eating Canned Fish Is The Height Of Luxury

2:40pm October 17, 2014

by Rich Preston

One of the city's newest restaurants aims to elevate canned fish to an object of desire. There's no kitchen and no chef. The owners argue that tinned goods can be a greener gourmet choice.

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Roald Dahl, A Bottle Of Dreams And A 'Letter Of Note'

1:53pm October 17, 2014

Audie Cornish speaks with Amy Corcoran, who shares a treasure from her childhood: a letter she received when she was 7 years old, from her favorite author at the time, Roald Dahl.

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Brad Pitt plays Wardaddy, an Army sergeant leading a mission in Nazi Germany.

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The Brutalities Of War Bring Surprising Angles To 'Fury'

1:51pm October 17, 2014

by Chris Klimek

Brad Pitt stars in a war movie that contemplates the horrors of war, but also the horrors that the men who fight it may commit.

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'Birdman' Follows A Film Actor Frantic To Prove Himself Onstage

1:48pm October 17, 2014

by David Edelstein

The choreography by Alejandro Iñárritu, who directed 21 Grams and Babel, will wow you. But the story about a washed-up actor about to bring off his Broadway debut is an "empty masterwork."

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Brings Lessons From Space Down To Earth

1:48pm October 17, 2014

The former International Space Station commander achieved Internet stardom with his in-space rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." His new book is An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth.

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