Arts & Life

Author Elin Hilderbrand fell in love with summer as a kid, at the cottage her family rented on Cape Cod.

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Writer Elin Hilderbrand, 'Queen Of Summer,' Wears Her Crown Proudly

2:07pm July 03, 2017

by Lynn Neary

Hilderbrand reigns over the summer book market with her breezy novels, mostly set in Nantucket. Even if you're in a drab office, she says, if you're reading one of her books, you're at the beach.

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Elise Tries purikura, the original Snapchat.

Video: Japan's 'Purikura' Photo Booths Offer Snapchat-Like Filters

1:59pm July 03, 2017

by Elise Hu

In NPR's Elise Tries series, correspondent Elise Hu tries out new experiences in East Asia. In Tokyo, she checks out Japanese purikura photo booths, which produce selfies to decorate and print out.

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Sunday Puzzle: Follow My Lead

11:36am July 02, 2017

by Will Shortz

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and this week's puzzle winner Karen Marshall of Shoreline, Wash., work through a tough word game, crafted by puzzle master Will Shortz.

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When She's Told Girls Can't Be Superheroes, 'Lucia The Luchadora' Grabs Her Mask

11:11am July 02, 2017

After she realized there weren't enough girl superheroes in the world, Cynthia Leonor Garza created one. She talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her new book, Lucia the Luchadora.

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Award-Winning Poet Aims To Push Boundaries Of Conversations On Motherhood

8:08am July 02, 2017

Hollie McNish talks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her new memoir and why "the wrong things are taboo in our society." (LANGUAGE WARNING: "God damn" is bleeped five times throughout the segment.)

Rocky Mountains Treasure Hunt Turns Fatal

8:08am July 02, 2017

by John Burnett

A poem holds the clues to buried treasure in the Rockies. Millionaire Forrest Fenn is the guy who says he hid the box of gold and gems. Now the hunt may be off after two treasure hunters died.

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How Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood 'Off The Cliff'

7:00am July 02, 2017

by Genevieve Valentine

Becky Aikman's new book is a fierce, funny chronicle of the making of Thelma & Louise — the Hollywood forces arrayed against it, and the effect it had on the industry on both sides of the camera.

After Anatevka: A Novel Inspired by "Fiddler on the Roof", by Alexandra Silber.

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How 'Fiddler On The Roof' (And Writing Its Sequel) Helped An Actress Find Closure

5:34pm July 01, 2017

by Michel Martin

Alexandra Silber's father died when she was just 18 — the same age as Fiddler's Hodel when she leaves her dad at a train station. Silber's new novel, After Anatevka, tells the rest of Hodel's story.

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The Charm Of 'Spoonbenders' Is No Cheap Trick

5:10pm July 01, 2017

by Amal El-Mohtar

Daryl Gregory's new novel spans decades in the life of the Amazing Telemachus Family — a con-man, card-sharping patriarch and his troublesome psychic children, whose powers haven't helped them any.

Jasmine Rogers performs a number as the Witch from Into the Woods.

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'These Kids Are Insane': Jimmy Awards Celebrate Outstanding Teen Performers

7:52am July 01, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

Seventy-four high school singers, actors and dancers, selected from a pool of 50,000 students across America, recently came to New York City for a Broadway boot camp.