Arts & Life

Geriatrics is a specialty that should adapt and change with each patient, says physician and author Louise Aronson. "I need to be a different sort of doctor for people at different ages and phases of old age."

A Clearer Map For Aging: 'Elderhood' Shows How Geriatricians Help Seniors Thrive

5:07pm June 17, 2019

by Terry Gross

Physician Louise Aronson treats patients who are in their 60s — as well as those who are older than 100. She writes about changing approaches to elder health care in her book Elderhood.

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A young Gloria Vanderbilt appears in Long Island, N.Y., with her aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, in 1934, the same year Whitney fought for custody of the heiress.

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Artist, Heiress And Designer Gloria Vanderbilt Dies At 95

4:28pm June 17, 2019

by Jacki Lyden

Vanderbilt, the mother of CNN journalist Anderson Cooper, was known for vivid paintings and collages, and for designing glamorous jeans.

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Sotheby's says its board has accepted a purchase offer from telecom billionaire Patrick Drahi. Here, the auction house's headquarters are seen on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Sotheby's Announces Its Biggest Sale — Itself — For $3.7 Billion

1:29pm June 17, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The deal puts the auction house, which was founded in 1744, on a path to becoming a private company again.

Books
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For June, 3 Romances To Heat Up Your Summer

7:00am June 17, 2019

by Maya Rodale

This month, we've got love stories about teenage girls who pull patriarchy-smashing pranks, a realistic discussion of female biology and a story about learning how to be your own Tom Hanks.

Composer Emile Mosseri (left) and director Joe Talbot (right) of The Last Black Man in San Francisco.

The Score Of 'The Last Black Man In San Francisco' Sounds Like No Other In 2019

5:19pm June 16, 2019

by Tim Greiving

The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a whimsical elegy to a fading San Francisco. It features a score by Emile Mosseri that's exuberant and poetic, positioning music front and center in the film.

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'The Shanghai Free Taxi' Delves Deep Into China's Troubles

10:12am June 16, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

NPR's Frank Langfitt wanted to get to know the real China, so he started a free taxi service in an effort to have conversations with a variety of people. His new book is the result of this reporting.

Each of these vignettes required 37 "hexies," little hexagonal scraps cut from donated neckties.

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These 'Ties That Bind' Explore Life With Father

10:00am June 16, 2019

by Jon Kalish

A group of women calling themselves the Catskilled Crafters took apart hundreds of donated neckties to make fabric art exploring their relationships with their fathers and the men in their lives.

Books
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'Angola Janga' Tells The Story Of Brazil's Runaway Slave Communities

7:00am June 16, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Marcelo D'Salete's powerful graphic novel chronicles the mocambos, communities of runaway slaves that flourished in the jungles of 17th century Brazil, and all the lives they touched, slave and free.

Fred Bass, who passed away in 2018, and his daughter Nancy Bass Wyden sort used books at the Strand Bookstore on Feb. 21, 2007.

New York City And The Strand Bookstore Are Not On The Same Page

5:59pm June 15, 2019

by Josh Axelrod

Nancy Bass Wyden, the Strand's owner, is protesting New York City's decision to preserve the bookstore as a historic city landmark. She thinks the move will hurt, not help her business.

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Mindy Kaling, right, wrote the lead role in Late Night with Emma Thompson in mind. They filmed the movie in a "white heat of passion" in 25 days, Thompson says. They are pictured above in London in May 2019.

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Mindy Kaling And Emma Thompson Shatter The 'Late Night' Glass Ceiling

5:13pm June 15, 2019

by Michel Martin

Thompson plays a successful TV host who pulled the ladder up behind her in the movie Late Night. Kaling says a female late night host is "science fiction," but this was the role she wanted to write.