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'Kissing Bug' Tells A Personal Story About Race, Sexuality And A Deadly Insect

When Daisy Hernández was 5, her aunt in Colombia came down with a mysterious illness that caused her large intestine to swell. Hernández details her aunt's story — and her own — in a new memoir.

June 08, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
Born and raised on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota nation in South Dakota, Dawnee LeBeau is <em>Oóhenuŋpa Itázipčo</em> (two kettle and without bows) of the <em>Tetonwan Oyate</em> (people of the plains). After losing her father, she found comfort in doing things she did with him, like identifying plants. LeBeau was doing that with family when she made this image of her niece.

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  • Photography

The 400 Years Project Looks At Native American Identity Through The Native Lens

The 400 Years Project is a pictorial collection of Native American life. It addresses colonization while centering the Native voice.

June 08, 2021
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  • Sheyahshe Littledave
A photograph of the 1856 One-Cent Magenta used an infrared filter to suppress the stamp's red surface, making the black printing more visible.

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  • Art & Design

World's Most Valuable Postage Stamp Falls Short Of Anticipated Auction Record

The most valuable stamp in the world, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta, failed to set yet another world record at auction.

June 08, 2021
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  • Neda Ulaby
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, seen here in the "Vax Live" fundraising concert held in May, performs at Madison Square Garden in June.

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  • Concerts

Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Strokes Rock Vaccinated New Yorkers In June

Well ahead of a celebratory Central Park concert announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio for August, New York City's venues are coming back in June for vaccinated audiences.

June 08, 2021
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  • Steve Smith
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  • Author Interviews

4 Books To Broaden Your Pride Month Reading List

There are a lot of Pride Month reading lists out there — so we thought we'd get away from the classics everyone knows. We asked author Akwaeke Emezi to recommend some of their favorite reads.

June 08, 2021
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  • Noel King
"I noticed there were like little bumps all over this bird that was flopping around," photographer Tony Austin says of a crow he documented. "And sure enough, it was covered in ants."

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  • Animals

Apparently, Crows Love Luxurious Ant Baths. This Is What It Looks Like

Canadian photographer Tony Austin captured a crow in the process of "anting" — spreading ants on itself on purpose. At first, he confesses, he had no idea what he was looking at.

June 07, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
Rita Moreno won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Anita in the 1961 film <em>West Side Story. </em>

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  • Movie Interviews

Rita Moreno On 'West Side Story' And Becoming The Role Model She Needed

Moreno moved to New York from Puerto Rico as a child. She says her West Side Story role is "the only part I ever remember where I represented Hispanics in a dignified and positive way."

June 07, 2021
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Book Reviews

These Stories Dance Deftly Between America And Cameroon

In her debut collection Walking On Cowrie Shells, Nana Nkweti bends language like a master, delivering keenly observed details and wicked humor no matter which side of the Atlantic she's on.

June 07, 2021
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  • Martha Anne Toll
Angel (Indya Moore) celebrates her upcoming nuptials with Elektra (Dominique Jackson), Lulu (Hailie Sahar), and Blanca (MJ Rodriguez) in Season 3 of <em>Pose</em>.

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  • Pop Culture

Farewell To 'Pose,' Which Fused Grief And Joy, Right Up To The Finale

Over the course of its run, Pose found a way to bring viewers both realness and hope. As the series finale approaches, the significance of its choices is sharper than ever.

June 06, 2021
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  • Aisha Harris

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  • Book Reviews

Love Rides The Q Train In This Supernaturally Sweet Romance

In Casey McQuiston's new One Last Stop, cynical August moves to New York, where she meets and falls for Jane, a mysterious punk who seems to have been trapped on the Q train ... since the 1970s.

June 06, 2021
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  • Kamrun Nesa

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  • Book Reviews

This Retelling Of 'Gatsby' Has Demonic Flair To Spare

Nghi Vo recasts the classic book with Jordan Baker at the center, a Gatsby who's literally sold his soul and a speakeasy crowd that's partial to a drop of demon's blood in their illicit cocktails.

June 06, 2021
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  • Jessica P. Wick
In January 2020, Arizona artist Ann Morton put out a call on social media asking people to create 8 inch by 8 inch textile squares that use equal parts red and blue. The squares and the project as a whole stands for a set of values: respect for the other, citizenship, compromise, country over party and corporate influence, and creativity.

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  • Art & Design

An Artist Leads A 'Violet Protest' Against Polarization

Ann Morton is pushing back against political polarization by asking Americans to contribute textiles that are equal parts red and blue.

June 05, 2021
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  • Anthony Wallace
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  • Performing Arts

California Graduate On Making It In Theater During A Pandemic

LeRoy Graham is an actor who completed graduate school in the beginning of the pandemic. He shares what it's been like to try to start a professional career when regular productions were upended.

June 05, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
The art installation <em>E</em><em>quilateral Network</em> by Lisa Marie Thalhammer now graces the lawn of the National Building museum in Washington, D.C.

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  • Art & Design

An Enormous Rainbow Mural Graces The National Building Museum Lawn During Pride Month

Lisa Marie Thalhammer's installation is inspired by Pierre L'Enfant's design for Washington.

June 05, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley

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  • Book Reviews

A Wannabe Influencer Gets Sent To Digital Detox In 'Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous'

Sunny — the protagonist of Suzanne Park's new young adult novel — is mortified when a PG-13 video accidentally goes viral, and even worse, her parents send her to a rural farm to get her off-line.

June 05, 2021
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  • Alethea Kontis
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