We spoke to lobster-wrangler Bill Coppersmith, who found a rare blue lobster in his net. He named it Haddie, for his granddaughter, and has given her to a science center, where she doesn’t have to wind up next to a lemon wedge. He refused cash offers for the rare crustacean. “It’s right up there with the Mona Lisa,” he told producer Samatha Balaban. “Priceless.” I do see a slight smile.
Andrew Garfield sings, dances, and dreamsin Lin Manuel-Miranda's new film, Tick, Tick ... BOOM!, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who died at age 35 the morning his musical Rent premiered. Listen in as Garfield eloquently explains that even though he was Spider-Man by the age of 30, the fear of never realizing your dreams haunts every artist.
Zhalarina is one of this year's outstanding entries in NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest. She recorded "Lala" at her kitchen table to give voice to a letter written to her father, who was in prison on a drug charge. It’s a kind of “tough love” song. Her father is out now, and we found her to be a dynamic young artist.
We featured two unexpected kinds of books this week.Design to Live: Everyday Inventions from a Refugee Camp shows us some of the ingenious inventions — vertical gardens and tea sets — people in the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan have created from discards and relief supplies. Azra Aksamija of the MIT Future Heritage Lab is one of the editors. And Laird Hunt's National Book Award-nominated novel, Zorrie, which packs a whole life, from being orphaned to growing old, into 162 pages where his prose shines like gems.
This week’s essay remembers Vietnam War veteran and triple amputee Max Cleland, who died on Tuesday at age 79. Cleland served in government and politics for the rest of his life, even as he had to contend with a slur on his service. Click here to read my essay.
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The world knows Will Smith as a musician, a comedian and blockbuster movie star — perhaps even the most bankable star in the world. But in his new memoir, called Will, Smith explores another identity, one that has fueled his unwavering work ethic: that of a coward. (Fresh Air)
Writer Suleika Jaouad has made a career out of covering folks living in the "in between" spaces — starting with herself. Diagnosed with leukemia at 22, she embraced writing as a way to regain narrative control of her life. (Life Kit)
Would you ever consider going to therapy with a friend? Two best friends who call themselves brothers were drifting apart, so they asked psychotherapist Esther Perel to help. (Invisibilia)
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