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Why We're Reading Beowulf In The Bathtub

7:00am June 22, 2019

by Juanita Giles

NPR's new kids' fiction column — by Juanita Giles, founder of the Virginia Children's Book Festival — kicks off with an explanation of why the epic poem Beowulf is the perfect bathtime read.

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

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'Damaged' Tales Of Love, In Fiction From 'BoJack' Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg

6:37pm June 21, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

The writer, better known for his dark animated comedy about a has-been horse, has written a collection of surreal short stories called Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory.

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In the Legion's third (and final) season, it's not clear if the show's central character, David Haller (Dan Stevens), is a hero or a villain.

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'Legion' And 'Jessica Jones' Played The Long Game — And It Paid Off

12:30pm June 21, 2019

by David Bianculli

After three seasons, both Marvel TV shows are ending their runs with first-rate acting and storytelling that's strong, ambitious and surprisingly satisfying.

Nora McInerny: What Does Moving Forward Look Like After Loss?

8:59am June 21, 2019

by NPR/TED Staff

In 2014, Nora McInerny experienced a wave of loss that reshaped her whole life. Despite the painful memories from that year, she explains why she doesn't want to "move on" from her grief.

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A Noir Stalwart Builds A New Old World In 'The Grand Dark'

7:00am June 21, 2019

by Jason Heller

Richard Kadrey — known for his Sandman Slim series of supernatural noirs — reinvents himself in grand fashion with The Grand Dark, a diesel-punk fantasy set in a simulacrum of Weimar Germany.

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Meet Joy Harjo, The First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate

6:07am June 21, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to Joy Harjo, who is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. She grew up in Oklahoma and has been writing poetry since the 1970s.

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Fresh out of prison, a Scottish single mother heads to Nashville to pursue her dream of country music stardom in Wild Rose.

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A 'Wild Rose' Grows In Glasgow, With Dreams Of Getting Transplanted

8:18pm June 20, 2019

by Ella Taylor

Rose-Lynn (Jessie Buckley) is a scrappy Glaswegian single mom, fresh out of prison, who chases Nashville dreams in this beguiling, emotionally resonant film.

Brazilian filmmaker Petra Costa chronicles the rise and fall of democracy in Brazil from 1985 to the present in The Edge of Democracy.

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'The Edge Of Democracy' Offers An Intimate Look At Brazilian Politics In Flux

5:01pm June 20, 2019

by Ela Bittencourt

Petra Costa's urgent, engrossing documentary mixes memoir and reportage, raising more questions than it manages to answer about the past, present and future state of Brazilian democracy.

The work and impact of iconic writer Toni Morrison is surveyed in a new documentary directed by filmmaker and portrait photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.

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'Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am': A Defiant Tour Of A Beloved Author's Life, Work

5:00pm June 20, 2019

by Andrew Lapin

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' discursive documentary features Morrison addressing the camera and dispensing earned wisdom and zingers by the bushel.

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Das Barbecü Brings A Taste Of Texas With A Wagnerian Ring

4:44pm June 20, 2019

by David Ford

The off-Broadway hit Das Barbecü is a 20th-century reimagining of the five operas that make up Richard Wagner's Ring cycle.

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