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Dealing With Freedom — And Disaster — In 'Fortune Smiles'

10:36am August 15, 2015

by NPR Staff

Author Adam Johnson won the Pulitzer in 2013 for his novel The Orphan Master's Son. Now, he's branching out to places as diverse as Louisiana and East Germany in a new collection of short stories.

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Love Lines: A Summer Sampler Of Romantic Manga

10:03am August 15, 2015

by Etelka Lehoczky

Our Summer of Love rolls on with a roundup of romance manga. Japanese comic books can be a daunting field to enter — but we've picked three of the sweetest for your summer reading pleasure.

Laura Dreyfuss plays Zoe, Connor's bereaved sister, and Ben Platt is Evan in Dear Evan Hansen.

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'Evan Hansen' Makes Music Out Of Teen Angst And Anxiety

7:08pm August 14, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

A new musical by Tony-nominated songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen is a comedic drama that deals with teen suicide in the age of social media.

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A first movie, like Disney's Sleeping Beauty, can have a big impact on little kids. It might even turn them into movie reviewers one day.

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Discovering Movies, And How Visions Are Seldom All They Seem

6:21pm August 14, 2015

by Bob Mondello

NPR film critic Bob Mondello remembers the first movie he ever saw in a theater — Sleeping Beauty — and what it meant to him.

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Letters: Greek Migrants, Summer Movies

6:21pm August 14, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read listener letters, including reaction to an interview about boatloads of migrants washing up on the Greek Island of Chios, and a Bob Mondello piece about good movies to cool you off on a hot summer's day.

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Oscar Isaac plays an ambitious young politician in the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero, which begins airing Sunday.

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'Show Me A Hero' Offers A Nuanced Take On Public Housing Discrimination

3:05pm August 14, 2015

by David Bianculli

David Simon's new HBO mini-series, Show Me a Hero, examines racial biases in New York City's public housing laws. Critic David Bianculli says, "This 25-year-old true story couldn't seem more timely."

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Jason Segel On Breakups, Bromances And 'Freaks And Geeks'

2:13pm August 14, 2015

The star of the The End of the Tour may be best known for his "bromance" films. "These kind of buddy movies are allowing men to open up a little bit," Segel says. Originally broadcast March 23, 2009.

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David Foster Wallace: The 'Fresh Air' Interview

2:13pm August 14, 2015

In 1996, Wallace's novel Infinite Jest was a critical and popular success. The new movie The End of The Tour recreates the author's tour for that book. Originally broadcast March 5, 1997.

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Willingham Theatre, La Cenerentola, Hiss Golden Messenger, Behind The Scenes & Triad To Do

12:52pm August 14, 2015

by David Ford

Willingham Theatre's Fall Performance Series

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"I'm Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is Italian ... But I've become increasingly interested in religion." — A.J. Jacobs

How Does A Year Of Following Biblical Rules Change You?

9:48am August 14, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Author and journalist A.J. Jacobs has made a career of being an amateur. He talks about the year he spent living biblically — following the rules in the Bible as literally as possible.

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