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After more than a decade away from the recording studio, Nnenna Freelon returns with Time Traveler, an album she describes as a love letter to her late husband.

Jazz Singer Nnenna Freelon Works Through Grief With New Album And Podcast

7:43am May 29, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

"Time Traveler," Nnenna Freelon's first new album in more than a decade, is a passionate expression of love enduring as she grieves the loss of her husband and other family members.

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'Sixteen Scandals' Rewinds A Teen Classic To Regency England

7:00am May 29, 2021

by Alethea Kontis

Sophie Jordan's romp of a novel follows Primrose Ainsworth, youngest of four sisters, who escapes the family on her 16th birthday for an adventure through Regency London with a charming mystery man.

The Great Whipplethorp Bug Collection, by Ben Brashares and Elizabeth Bergeland

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Give 'The Great Whipplethorp Bug Collection' A Buzz, You'll Bee Charmed

5:00am May 29, 2021

by Juanita Giles

In Ben Brashares and Elizabeth Bergeland's charming new picture book, a discontented young boy finds a new way to carry on his family's legacy of awesomeness — and without hurting any bugs.

Putting yourself out there is hard. Going on an in-person date after a year of online-only socialization? Some are saying that's even harder.

Hesitant To Date Again, Even Post-Vaccination? You're Not Alone.

6:04pm May 28, 2021

With vaccines making it safer to date in-person again, NPR spoke to several people about their hesitations and hopes in the world of dating after a year of solitude.

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Rahele Megosha of South Dakota, the 2021 Poetry Out Loud national champion.

Reciting Poetry Earns South Dakota Teenager A National Prize

5:23pm May 28, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Rahele Megosha, a senior at Washington High School in Sioux Falls, won the 2021 Poetry Out Loud prize on Thursday. The award is given by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation.

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Darius Rucker of Hootie And The Blowfish performs at Bridgestone Arena in 2019. Some acts looking to tour arenas like this are looking as far ahead as 2024.

Live Music Is Back, But You Might Still Have To Wait On That Arena Show

4:59pm May 28, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

Live music giants AEG Presents and Live Nation say they've got a surplus of acts wanting to play as soon as possible.

American author John Steinbeck, winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath and 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, in an undated photo. An early, unpublished Steinbeck novel concerns brutal murders and a werewolf.

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A Young John Steinbeck's Unpublished Werewolf Novel Isn't Going To Print

3:31pm May 28, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

A Steinbeck scholar says Murder at Full Moon, a mystery about a series of brutal murders that appear to be the work of a werewolf, should be available to all. Steinbeck's estate disagrees.

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Check-In: VFD VIP

11:01am May 28, 2021

Host Ophira Eisenberg tells Jonathan Coulton about a recent trip she and her son took to a fire truck museum where they had the whole place to themselves and got the VIP treatment.

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The Great American Junk Food Show

11:01am May 28, 2021

Comedians Carmen Lynch and Liz Miele play a game inspired by The Great British Baking Show where junk food is described as if it was being judged by a very disappointed Paul Hollywood.

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Real Or Fake Dog Breed?

11:01am May 28, 2021

Inspired by Liz Miele's new book about cats, she and fellow comic Carmen Lynch are challenged to a game about dogs. Is it a twist... or is it a flex?

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