An Inventory of All My Possessions, Before and After I Moved Apartments
Nicole Boyce’s humorous inventory contrasts her perception of her possessions before moving apartments with what she realized she actually owns after the move.
Becoming Miss Navajo Nation
The Miss Navajo Nation pageant has been held every year since 1952. Contestants in this year’s pageant met for a weeklong celebration of the traditions of female Navajo Nation life.
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‘The Cleaners’ Looks At Who Cleans Up The Internet’s Toxic Content
Filmmakers Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck discuss how their documentary tells the sobering story of the trauma and challenges faced by those who sift through social content.
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A True Believer Remembers Stan Lee
Stan Lee — born Stanley Martin Lieber — co-created many beloved Marvel Comics characters, but he became the company’s tireless, beloved figurehead. NPR’s Glen Weldon offers a remembrance.
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A Marvel Of A Man: Stan Lee Dead At 95
Lee gave us over six decades’ worth of superheroes we could identify with, characters like Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk, who reacted to superpowered crises in believably flawed, human ways.
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The Stories Behind the Portraits on Our Money
James Folta writes and illustrates humorous stories behind the Presidential portraits on American currency.
Counting The Bugs And Bacteria, You’re ‘Never Home Alone’ (And That’s OK)
Ecologist Rob Dunn’s new book describes the tiny life forms, helpful and risky, that live in different parts of the home, including on floors and in water faucets, basements and heating systems.
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Stolen Stories: A Literary Con Man Climbs To Success In ‘Ladder To The Sky’
A charismatic young writer poaches plot points from the lives of established authors in John Boyne’s new novel. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls A Ladder to the Sky “erudite and ingeniously constructed.”
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