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{Poynter} "The money, announced last night as NPR journalist Lourdes Garcia-Navarro was honored with an Edward R.

{CBC Radio} "A rare interview with the Chinese dissident artist. He is currently under a form of house arrest in Beijing after he was detained for 81 days just under a year ago.

It's an election year, so what better occasion to have members of NPR's Backseat Book Club cast their votes?

To select the book we'll read in the month of June, we've partnered with the Children's Choice Book Awards. There will be winners in six different categories, and NPR's Backseat Book Club will select one of those lucky books to be our read for June!

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"To be or not to be" may be the question, but there's another question that's been nagging Shakespeare scholars for a long time: What did Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio, Portia or Puck really sound like when Shakespeare was first performed more than four centuries ago?

The British Library has completed a new recording of 75 minutes of The Bard's most famous scenes, speeches and sonnets, all performed in the original pronunciation of Shakespeare's time.

For Persians, the New Year comes not in the dead of winter, but right at the vernal equinox. As spring renews the earth, people celebrate this fresh beginning as Nowruz, a joyous 12-day festival to celebrate beauty and abundance. We were lucky enough to have a master musician and composer from Iran, Kayhan Kalhor, visit us in time to celebrate with his gorgeous and deeply moving music.

{Morning Edition} The landscape of daytime TV has significantly changed in recent years -- both in obvious ways, like the end of iconic shows like Guiding Light and One Life to Live, and in ones that are less so. Several cast members of NBC's last soap standing, Days of Our Lives, discuss the behind-the-scenes budget cuts and changes to the ways stories are told. Read More