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During Miami's poetry month, a poet shares her story through 5 lines on a billboard

4:39pm April 20, 2023

by Kate Payne

In Miami, poems are popping up on sidewalks, in photo booths and even on a billboard. It's part of a campaign to ensure every person in Miami encounters a poem during the month of April.

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Author Judy Blume is finally ready to tell her own story in new documentary

4:28pm April 20, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Judy Blume and filmmaker Davina Pardo about Judy Blume Forever, a documentary on the life and impact of one of the most celebrated children's writers.

Photograph or... 'promptograph?' Artist questions implications of AI generated images

4:28pm April 20, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with photographer Boris Elgadsen about his decision to reject a photography award he received for an image he created using AI.

Issei (Tomohisa Yamashita) and Camille (Fleur Geffrier) compete to inherit a 87,000-bottle wine cellar worth nearly $150 million in Drops of God.

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Who will win 87,000 bottles of wine? 'Drops of God' is the ultimate taste test

1:45pm April 20, 2023

by John Powers

A French woman and Japanese man battle to inherit the world's most valuable wine collection in this high-gloss Apple TV+ series, based on the hit Japanese manga.

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Coffee Talk takes place in a fantasy-inflected version of Seattle.

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Chill out as a fantasy barista in 'Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly'

8:36am April 20, 2023

by Rakiesha Chase-Jackson

Indonesian developer Toge Productions released a charming sequel to a game about running a café in fantasy Seattle. It's enjoyable, but not nearly as consistent as the first title.

'Greek Lessons' is an intimate, vulnerable portrayal of two lonely people

7:46am April 20, 2023

by Leland Cheuk

Greek Lessons feels like a departure from Han Kang's other English-translated novels; tugging bit by bit at the heartstrings, readers are left speechless with both sadness and hope by the final pages.

'Fresh Air' pays tribute to the music of John Kander and Fred Ebb

2:12pm April 19, 2023

by Terry Gross

The new Broadway musical New York, New York includes Kander and Ebb's songs from Scorsese's 1977 film. We listen back to an '83 interview with Kander and Ebb, plus '91 and '15 interviews with Kander.

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Rachel Weisz plays twin gynecologists Elliot and Beverly in the Amazon Prime series Dead Ringers.

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Sinister twin sisters wield all the power in the latest 'Dead Ringers' adaptation

2:12pm April 19, 2023

by David Bianculli

The 1988 film Dead Ringers was told from a male point of view. Now Rachel Weisz masterfully plays twin gynecologists who are often at cross purposes in this six-episode Prime Video series.

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Rachel Pollack authored more than 40 books across several genres, and helped transform tarot into a contemporary practice.

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Writer Rachel Pollack, who reimagined the practice of tarot, dies at 77

10:02am April 19, 2023

by Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong

The science fiction and comic book writer helped make reading tarot cards part of a contemporary spiritual practice. She authored more than 40 books across several genres.

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In 'The New Earth,' a family's pain echoes America's suffering

8:29am April 19, 2023

by Michael Schaub

Jess Row's new novel is about an American family that has imploded, one that's broken, possibly irretrievably. It's a stunning book, a high-wire balancing act that tries to do a lot — and succeeds.