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Filmmaker Andrzej Wajda Dies At 90, Celebrated Resistance To Authoritarianism

6:02pm October 11, 2016

by Bob Mondello

Well-known films by the director include A Generation, Man of Marble and Man of Iron, which in which characters fight Nazis and communists. His final film will compete for a foreign-language Oscar.

Siriano also designed the dress Leslie Jones wore to the July premiere of Ghostbusters.

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For Fashion Designer Christian Siriano, No Size Is Out Of Style

5:16pm October 11, 2016

by NPR Staff

You could say Siriano is having a moment: He featured five plus-size models at a recent fashion show and dressed stars of all sizes for this year's Emmys.

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Donn Fendler, 'Lost On A Mountain In Maine' Author, Dies

4:31pm October 11, 2016

by Susan Sharon

As a child, Donn Fendler was lost on Maine's Mount Katahdin for nine days. He told his story in Lost on a Mountain in Maine, which became required reading for generations. He died this week at age 90.

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Jonathan Safran Foer On Marriage, Religion And Universal Balances

1:51pm October 11, 2016

Safran Foer's new novel, Here I Am, is told from the points of view of different members of a Jewish family. He says it's about things falling apart — but also about "people trying to mend things."

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A Coming-Of Age Melodrama Is Steeped In Social Politics In 'The Mothers'

1:51pm October 11, 2016

by Maureen Corrigan

Britt Bennett's debut novel centers on three African-American friends dealing with their community's expectations and their own mistakes. Critic Maureen Corrigan says it is full of "mini epiphanies."

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American Philosophy by John Kaag (Raquel Zaldivar/NPR)

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A Neglected Library Leads To Love In 'American Philosophy'

7:00am October 11, 2016

by Heller McAlpin

John Kaag's new memoir-slash-philosophical treatise begins at a low point in his life, and follows his quest for answers to a dusty old library that proves to be a treasure trove of American thought.

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David Szalay's 'All That Man Is' Charts Life Of Man In 9 Stories

4:40pm October 10, 2016

Short listed for the Mann Booker Prize, the new book, All That Man Is lives somewhere between short story collection and novel. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to author David Szalay.

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Gaby Hoffmann plays Ali on the Amazon series Transparent. She says her character was "lost in the woods of being lost" and is now working to become "more focused."

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'I Never Set Out To Be An Actor,' Says 'Transparent' Star Gaby Hoffmann

2:29pm October 10, 2016

Hoffmann grew up in the Chelsea Hotel with her mother, an actress in Andy Warhol's Factory. Gaby appeared in Field of Dreams and other films as child, but says she saw acting as "a means to an end."

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People walk past a replica of an ancient statue of a human-headed winged bull from Nimrud, Iraq, destroyed by the Islamic State. It's part of an exhibition called "Rising from Destruction" at Rome's Colosseum.

Replicas Of Artifacts Destroyed By ISIS 'Rising From Destruction' In Rome

1:09pm October 10, 2016

by Sylvia Poggioli

An exhibit at the Colosseum features life-size reconstructions of ancient works that ISIS damaged or destroyed in Iraq and Syria. "It is a universal heritage," says curator Francesco Rutelli.

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Native Americans and other activists march to a sacred burial ground site that was disturbed by construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Hundreds of people have joined the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest of the oil pipeline.

On Columbus Day, A Look At The Myth That 'All The Real Indians Died Off'

10:01am October 10, 2016

by Leah Donnella

Two Native American authors tackle the perpetual challenge of combating ignorance, stereotypes and the notion that there's such a thing as a "real" Indian.