Arts & Life

Tom Hanks recently wrote an essay in The New York Times urging more widespread teaching of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The Oscar winner has built a career on movies about American white men doing the right thing.

Arts

Opinion: Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. It's Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist

8:27am June 13, 2021

by Eric Deggans

TV critic Eric Deggans says the Oscar-winning actor whose career has been rooted in films based on U.S. history needs to take responsibility for helping dismantle the notion of white exceptionalism.

Arts

Rose Byrne Gets 'Physical' In Newest Series

7:56am June 13, 2021

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with actor Rose Byrne about her new Apple TV+ series, Physical. Set in the 1980's, it's about a woman in a dysfunctional marriage who finds renewal through aerobics.

Arts

Tiny Desk Contest Winner Tarriona Bell On When Poetry Says What Music Cannot

7:56am June 13, 2021

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with recording artist and Tiny Desk Contest winner Tarriona Ball about her first book of poetry, Vulnerable AF.

"Things were really hard around the time I drew this, I was exploring my family's relationship with one another," Jackie says. "This one of my mom: I thought a lot about her hands. Her hands are the hands of a laborer. After a life of labor these hands ar

Arts

Photos: 2 Cantonese Women Share Their Immigrant Journey

6:32am June 13, 2021

by Shuran Huang

Portraits of two women living the Chinese American immigrant experience give insight into the complexities of their lives that defy stereotypes.

Just 10% Of Popular Movies Had A Muslim Character. Riz Ahmed Wants To Change That

12:24pm June 12, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

The Oscar-nominated actor is launching an initiative on Muslim representation in movies, after a new study showed less than 10% of the top films between 2017 and 2019 depicted Muslims on screen.

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Arts

Annie Murphy On Her New, Surrealist Sit-Com

8:05am June 12, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actor Annie Murphy about a new AMC series Kevin Can F**k Himself that upends the typical approach to a family sitcom.

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Books
Arts

Yusef Komunyakaa Shares Poems From His New Collection

8:05am June 12, 2021

NPR host Scott Simon speaks to Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa about his new collection of poems.

1 Notable Aspect Of These Pulitzer Prize Winners: The Diversity They Represent

6:39pm June 11, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Pulitzer Prizes awarded in arts and letters categories on Friday, June 11, were notable for many reasons: not least, the diversity represented by their recipients.

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Arts

'So Long, Broke People Of Earth!': Comedian Imagines Space Travel With The Bezos Bros

4:29pm June 11, 2021

Vinny Thomas, comedian and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me guest writer, imagines traveling in space with the Bezos brothers.

Omar Sy stars as a shapeshifting thief in the Netflix series Lupin.

Arts

The Most Wanted Man In France Is Invisible In 'Lupin Part 2'

2:39pm June 11, 2021

by John Powers

Omar Sy plays a shapeshifting thief in the Netflix series modeled on Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin novels. The new season offers a winning confection of speed, cool settings and good acting.