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'What's Good': Bobbito Describes How Stevie Wonder 'Speaks To One's Soul'

4:31pm August 30, 2017

Stevie Wonder brought his A game to the newest episode of NPR's "What's Good" podcast. Co-host Robert "Bobbito" Garcia talks to NPR's Ari Shapiro about what it was like talking with one of America's most creative and prolific musicians.

Celebrating 30 Years Of 'Fresh Air': Writer/Director Paul Schrader

2:38pm August 30, 2017

Schrader wrote the screenplays for Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The Last Temptation of Christ, and wrote and directed Blue Collar. He spoke in 1988 about his religious upbringing and his work in film.

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Celebrating 30 Years Of 'Fresh Air': Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist John Updike

2:38pm August 30, 2017

Over the course of his decades-long career, Updike authored more than 25 novels, including the Rabbit series. He also penned short stories, poems, essays and a memoir. Originally broadcast in 1989.

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The Ladies-In-Waiting By Javier Olivares and Santiago García

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Mirrors And Neck Ruffs: A Graphic Novel Takes On Velázquez

7:00am August 30, 2017

by Etelka Lehoczky

Writer Santiago García and artist Javier Olivares examine Diego Velázquez' painting Las Meninas and its influence down the centuries with a heady — and sometimes heavy — mix of comics and high art.

Bernard Pomerance, playwright of "The Elephant Man," in New York in 1979, the year the play debuted.

Bernard Pomerance, Playwright Of 'The Elephant Man,' Has Died

5:58pm August 29, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Pomerance wrote the Tony Award-winning play about the life of a very deformed man in Victorian England. It has been played hundreds of times, attracting top actors for the central role.

The Library of Congress is home to The Alexander Hamilton Papers — a collection of 12,000 items. You can view the documents online.

I Saved Every Letter You Wrote Me: The Library of Congress Digitizes Hamilton

3:43pm August 29, 2017

by Lynn Neary

For fans of Hamilton and history alike, the Library of Congress has put the hippest founding father online by digitizing Alexander Hamilton's papers and making them available on the library's website.

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'My Absolute Darling' Is Hard To Read, Harder To Put Down

7:00am August 29, 2017

by Michael Schaub

Gabriel Tallent's devastating debut novel about a young girl and her abusive but charismatic father has memorable characters, the pacing of a thriller, and still manages to work in some light moments.

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 7 Finale: Epic In More Ways Than One

6:25pm August 28, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Game of Thrones fans found out what the episode title, "The Dragon and the Wolf," meant Sunday night, when season seven of the wildly popular HBO show came to an end.

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Celebrating 30 Years Of 'Fresh Air': Prolific Filmmaker Sidney Lumet

3:08pm August 28, 2017

The Dog Day Afternoon director spoke to Terry Gross in 1988 about his career, which spanned more than five decades and included credits for acting, directing, screenwriting and producing.

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Celebrating 30 Years Of 'Fresh Air': Filmmaker And Theater Legend Elia Kazan

2:22pm August 28, 2017

Kazan, whose film credits include Streetcar Named Desire and On The Waterfront, spoke in 1988 about directing Marlon Brando and his 1952 testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

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