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New Picture Book Illustrates How 'Love' Is Always Around

8:33pm January 15, 2018

If you're lucky, you know what love is before you can even say the word. When you're a little kid love is a piece of toast, the color of a sunset, music from the radio. That's the message of a new picture book called, Love. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with author Matt de la Pena and illustrator Loren Long.

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In The Insult, a minor argument between a Lebanese Christian named Toni (Adel Karam, left) and a Palestinian refugee named Yasser (Kamel El Basha) spirals out of control.

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In 'The Insult,' All Politics Is A Local Neighborhood Squabble

4:24pm January 15, 2018

by Bilal Qureshi

Ziad Doueiri's new Oscar-shortlisted film is about the religious and tribal divisions in contemporary Lebanon — and how a small altercation in Beirut can spiral out of control.

'They Didn't Want Me There': Remembering The Terror Of School Integration

3:31pm January 15, 2018

by Dave Davies

In 1957, three years after the Supreme Court declared segregated schools unconstitutional, Melba Pattillo Beals was one of nine black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Ark.

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The Vigilant Thriller 'Into The Fade' Melds Tragedy With Nihilism

3:31pm January 15, 2018

by David Edelstein

Diane Kruger plays a German woman whose Turkish husband and young son are killed in a bomb attack. David Edelstein says that despite its crisp storytelling, Into The Fade is "a little disappointing."

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Urchin Triptych is one of hundreds of Christopher Marley artworks on display at the Gallery of Amazing Things' "Biophilia" exhibition.

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Oregon Artist Turns Dead Creatures Into Beautiful Compositions

3:00pm January 15, 2018

by Aaron Scott

Christopher Marley only uses specimens that have died from natural causes or been caught as fishing bycatch. Then he freeze-dries them, which is why they seem so alive in his artwork.

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Protesting Through Poetry

8:52am January 15, 2018

Morning Edition co-host Rachel Martin talks to authors Kwame Alexander and Nikki Giovanni about protesting through poetry.

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Kaveh Akbar — himself a poet — posts in-depth interview with his favorite poets every week on DiveDapper.

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Kaveh Akbar Is Poetry's Biggest Cheerleader

10:00am January 14, 2018

by Jeevika Verma

Akbar, a poet himself, waves his pom poms for the form at DiveDapper, a site dedicated to in-depth interviews with his favorite poets. He says he wants to live his life "in joyful service" to poetry.

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'This Could Hurt' Is A Workplace Saga With Heart

7:00am January 14, 2018

by Heller McAlpin

Jillian Medoff has spent years in the corporate world, and she puts that experience to good use in this story of a hard-charging boss whose devoted staff has to cover for her when she starts to slip.

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Reproductive Freedom Lies Just Outside The U.S. Border In 'Red Clocks'

6:20pm January 13, 2018

by Scott Simon

Leni Zumas' new novel follows five women in an Oregon town, living in an alternate reality where abortion and IVF are illegal — a world that Zumas says "could happen next week."

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Rian Johnson appears at the world premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in late 2017.

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Not My Job: We Quiz 'Star Wars' Director Rian Johnson On 'Storage Wars'

7:32am January 13, 2018

The man behind The Last Jedi answers three questions about the reality show where people guess the contents of repossessed storage lockers.