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Ghanaian artist Blitz Bazawule breaks down doors

Bazawule is best known for directing the 2023 adaptation of The Color Purple: The Musical. He also co-directed Black Is King with Beyoncé. His new exhibit of paintings is about growing up in Ghana.
- Tonya Mosley
4 crime and suspense novels make for hot summer reading

There’s something about the shadowy moral recesses of crime and suspense fiction that makes those genres especially appealing as temperatures soar. Here are four novels that turn the heat up.
- Maureen Corrigan
This time last year, Hollywood writers were on strike. Now, many can’t find work

The entertainment industry was shifting dramatically even before the strikes that paused production last year. Now, many Hollywood writers are feeling the pinch.
- Mandalit del Barco
Author Juli Min tells the story of a family in reverse in her book 'Shanghailanders'

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Juli Min about her new book Shanghailanders, which unspools the story of a family in reverse.
- Ailsa Chang
Help from a family friend felt like a miracle for a woman after her father died

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, after Karen Muller's father passed away, she was left with the task of preparing the house for sale. Then, someone prepped for her.
How to build and maintain a chosen family

Pride Month is a time for celebration for LGBTQ people and their allies. But for many, especially those who have strained relationships with their loved ones or those who don’t have elders in the community to look to for guidance, it can also be a time for reflection.
'Orphan Black: Echoes' fails to make a satisfying clone of the original series

Though this BBC America/AMC series has provocative things to say about identity, memory, love and loss, it fails to reproduce the best element of the original Orphan Black: the crazy, colorful clones.
- David Bianculli
How a quest for greater profits upended the global supply chain during the pandemic

Everything from disinfectant wipes to computer chips were in short supply during the pandemic. New York Times journalist Peter Goodman explains the disruptions in How the World Ran Out of Everything.
- Dave Davies
How an Indigenous author harnessed her pain to make something 'exquisite'

This is KUOW's book club, and we’re wrapping up Terese Marie Mailhot's memoir "Heart Berries."
- Katie Campbell
'Inside Out 2' scores $100 million in its second weekend, setting records

In just a week and a half, Inside Out 2 has become 2024’s highest-grossing film to date, surpassing Dune: Part Two. Inside Out 2 will likely blow through the $1 billion mark in about a week.
- The Associated Press

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