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Greg Grandin is a professor of history at New York University.

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On This Spanish Slave Ship, Nothing Was As It Seemed

5:14pm January 27, 2014

by Maureen Corrigan

In The Empire of Necessity, historian Greg Grandin tells the story of a slave revolt at sea. The 1805 event inspired Herman Melville's Benito Cereno, and Grandin's account of the human horror is a work of power and precision.

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'Pope And Mussolini' Tells The 'Secret History' Of Fascism And The Church

1:45pm January 27, 2014

It's commonly thought that the Catholic Church fought heroically against the fascists in Italy. But in The Pope and Mussolini, historian David Kertzer says the church actually lent organizational strength and moral legitimacy to Mussolini's regime.

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A/perture Cinema Providing Independent Movies and More for the Triad

10:20am January 27, 2014

by David Ford

There's lots new going on at a/perture cinema in downtown Winston-Salem. Owner Lawren Desai spoke with David Ford about it.

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Bobby Moynihan (left) appears on Saturday Night Live as the character "Drunk Uncle."

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For 'SNL' Cast Member, The Waiting Was The Hardest Part

6:20pm January 26, 2014

by NPR Staff

After years of working at a restaurant by day and performing improv comedy by night, Bobby Moynihan got the opportunity of a lifetime: an audition for Saturday Night Live. But as Moynihan recalls, actually getting his 'big break' on the show was much more difficult.

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Published in 1943, The Little Prince is one of the world's most beloved books. AuthorAntoine Saint-Exupery wrote and illustrated the book in New York, between Long Island and Manhattan.

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Before He Fell To Earth, 'The Little Prince' Was Born In N.Y.

1:31pm January 25, 2014

by Margot Adler

Author Antoine Saint-Exupery was French, but his beloved book, The Little Prince, wasn't written in Paris. Saint-Exupery wrote it in New York, and even included references to the island in his original manuscript.

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Middle-Aged And Divorced, 'Gloria' Takes On Life's Uncertainties

4:23pm January 24, 2014

by David Edelstein

Gloria is a new film from Chile that centers on a late-middle-aged divorced woman whose life is full of ambiguity. She's played by Paulina Garcia, who won the top acting prize — the Silver Bear — at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival, where the movie was a surprise hit. It opens this week in New York and Los Angeles, and wider next month.

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Dmitry Sitkovetsky, The Get Right Band, Found Footage Festival, and Composer Daniel C. Pappas

1:58pm January 24, 2014

by David Ford

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Funk, Rock, and Reggae with The Get Right Band

11:12am January 24, 2014

by David Ford

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Ann Patchett is an award-winning novelist and memoirist. Her other books include Truth & Beauty, The Magician's Assistant and Run.

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Patchett: In Bad Relationships, 'There Comes A Day When You Gotta Go'

4:58pm January 23, 2014

Ann Patchett got married and divorced young. When she met the man who would eventually become her second husband she said: "I'll be true, I'll be faithful, I'll see you every day ... but I don't want to get married and I don't want to live together." Her new book is This Is The Story of a Happy Marriage.

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The Yadkin Cultural Arts Center Provides Musical Theatre, Shakespeare, Film and More

9:43am January 23, 2014

by David Ford

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