Mia Serafina of the Interchange Theater in Milwaukee never performed with comedians of color until college. As the director of community and culture, she wanted to change that with the New Voices scholarship.

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Author Susan Morrison talked with WPR's "BETA" about interviewing SNL creator Lorne Michaels, his start in television and the pressure cooker of SNL's ambitious live format.

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The protagonist of Maggie Su's debut novel, "Blob: A Love Story," is Vi Liu. Vi is a young Taiwanese-American woman who one day discovers a responsive blob and attempts to mold it into her ideal partner, Su tells WPR's "BETA."

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