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Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2017. His previous novels include The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go. He also writes lyrics for jazz singer Stacey Kent.

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Kazuo Ishiguro Draws On His Songwriting Past To Write Novels About The Future

12:10pm March 17, 2021

by Terry Gross

The Nobel Prize-winning novelist says he honed his skills earlier in his career "as a writer of songs." Ishiguro's new book, Klara And The Sun, is set in the future and has an A.I. narrator.

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The Age Of Automation Is Now: Here's How To 'Futureproof' Yourself

10:07am March 17, 2021

by Dave Davies

New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose says we've been approaching automation all wrong. "We should be teaching people ... to be more like humans, to do the things that machines can't do," he says.

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Elegy for Mary Turner: An Illustrated Account of a Lynching, by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams

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An Author Replies To The Unspeakable In Her 'Elegy' For Lynching Victim Mary Turner

9:21am March 17, 2021

by Etelka Lehoczky

Using original illustrations, archival documents and handwritten text, Rachel Marie-Crane Williams memorializes one black woman, and 10 men, who were killed by white residents in Georgia in 1918.

On Monday's After the Final Rose special, bachelor Matt James revealed why he broke things off with Rachael Kirkconnell after photos of her at an antebellum South-themed party surfaced on social media.

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The Bachelor's Cluelessness About Race Comes To A Head In Season Finale

5:48pm March 16, 2021

by Eric Deggans

Matt James — the first Black bachelor in the franchise's history — broke things off with winner Rachael Kirkconnell after photos of her at an antebellum South-themed party surfaced on social media.

Actor Yaphet Kotto appears on his wedding day in Baltimore, Md., on July 12, 1998. Kotto, the commanding actor of the James Bond film Live and Let Die and as Lt. Al Giardello on the 90's NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street, died Monday at age 81

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Yaphet Kotto, Magnetic Actor With A Long And Varied Career, Dies At 81

4:31pm March 16, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"Your presence and talent were undeniable and magnetic," Viola Davis said in a tweet about Kotto.

A Place Like Mississippi, by W. Ralph Eubanks

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We Have Much To Learn From 'A Place Like Mississippi'

4:07pm March 16, 2021

by Mary Louise Kelly

W. Ralph Eubanks' new book examines Mississippi's mighty contributions to American literature, and what writers like Eudora Welty and Jesmyn Ward can teach us about broader national issues.

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Plywood Boards Bearing Art From Last Summer's Protests Represent Trauma And Strength

4:07pm March 16, 2021

by Leila Fadel

Leesa Kelly has collected more than 700 plywood boards from protests and boarded buildings from the summer of 2020. They represent preservation of the demonstrations as well as the trauma of it all.

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The Bachelor Finale Brings To Light Systemic Issues Within The Show

4:07pm March 16, 2021

by Eric Deggans

Following the finale of The Bachelor, a look at what the season amounted to and issues that need to be addressed by the show.

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Winter gardens and balconies were added to expand living space in social buildings in Bordeaux in 2017.

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2021 Pritzker Prize Goes To French Architects Who 'Work With Kindness'

4:07pm March 16, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

Often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of Architecture," this year's Pritzker was awarded to Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, a design pair who emphasize reuse and equitable housing.

Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America, by Alec MacGillis

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In Amazon's Shadow, An America Divided In Search Of 'Fulfillment'

12:28pm March 16, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

ProPublica's Alec MacGillis has written an economic history of the country, shaped by stories of people living and working in Amazon's shadow as their home cities and states transform around them.