Arts

The Morbid Anatomy Museum's "Art of Mourning" exhibition includes post-mortem photography, spirit photography and death masks.

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New York Exhibitions Dance With Death Through Victorian Mourning Culture

12:33pm November 08, 2014

by Karen Michel

Bereavement fashion, post-mortem photography and floral hair wreaths are just some of what you'll find at the Met's "Death Becomes Her" and the Morbid Anatomy Museum's "Art of Mourning."

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McCain's 'Soldiers:' 13 Ordinary People Transformed By Battle

12:33pm November 08, 2014

In his new book, Sen. John McCain tells the stories of 13 U.S. soldiers in wars from the Revolution to Iraq. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with the senator about his book, Thirteen Soldiers.

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London's Mayor On Winston Churchill: He Saved Civilization

12:33pm November 08, 2014

Winston Churchill was a writer, an orator and a Tory. So is London Mayor Boris Johnson, and he has a new book about the late prime minister. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Johnson about his new book.

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Dale Watson performs at ACL Live on April 11, 2013 in Austin, Texas.

Not My Job: 'Elementary, My Dear (Dale) Watson'

11:48am November 08, 2014

Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! is in Austin this week, and so we've invited country singer Dale Watson to play our quiz. We'll ask him three questions about Sherlock Holmes.

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Eavan Boland has authored numerous volumes of poetry, including In a Time of Violence, which was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.

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Walking Through Light-Filled Rooms In 'Woman Without A Country'

7:03am November 08, 2014

by Amal El-Mohtar

Irish poet Eavan Boland's latest volume meditates on the gulf between ideas of nation and individual lives of women; reviewer Amal El-Mohtar calls it a "beautiful kind of conversation."

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Answering The Old Question: Who Lost China?

6:04am November 08, 2014

by Nishant Dahiya

Richard Bernstein's new China 1945 looks at the momentous events of that year in Asia, and argues that the U.S. focus on fighting Japanese forces in China weakened Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalists.

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'We Have Learned Absolutely Nothing': Tom Magliozzi On Decades Of 'Car Talk'

5:42am November 08, 2014

"People say, 'Tell us about radio!' " Magliozzi told Fresh Air in 2001. "We have no idea. We sit in front of the microphones and we know nothing about radio." The Car Talk co-host died Monday at 77.

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Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman star in the BBC series Doctor Who.

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As A New 'Doctor Who' Season Ends, Have Its Stories Matched The Hero?

8:21pm November 07, 2014

by Eric Deggans

Britain's Doctor Who series finishes its first season with new hero Peter Capaldi on Saturday. TV critic Eric Deggans says Capaldi's portrayal of the Doctor is often better than the stories he's in.

A jaded politician plays hooky in Viva La Libertà, so his campaign replaces him with his identical twin brother. You know where this is going, right?

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'Viva La Libertà' Offers Harmless Electoral Fun

8:11pm November 07, 2014

by Bob Mondello

NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews Viva la Libertà, a lightweight Italian election comedy that might provide even Democrats with a smile this week.

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'Grand Bargain' Will Help Save Detroit — And Its Art

8:11pm November 07, 2014

by Elizabeth Blair

A federal judge in Detroit ruled favorably on the city's "grand bargain" on Friday, approving the city's exit from Bankruptcy. We look at the role foundations played in bringing it about and the Foundation for Detroit's Future, which will be set up in the wake of the verdict.

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