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RIP Romance?
For all the alarm about the death of courtship in the 21st century, you might be surprised to learn that it’s alive and well…and living in your phone.
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![Home and Away](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5b92663/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2F12OAMZd-asset-mezzanine-16x9-sPBe18Z.jpg)
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Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Zewde have developed creative practices that blend cultures.
![Crossing Cultures](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/36d2620/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FX2qj7ta-asset-mezzanine-16x9-nCYmv79.jpg)
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Time for Three and Akram Khan have drawn from disparate cultures to create original work.
![Conscientious Evolution](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/aa05ba1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FFKb8nck-asset-mezzanine-16x9-WWDzVvX.jpg)
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Singer-songwriter Ben Folds and architect Jeanne Gang have thrived apart from trends.
![The Insatiables](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b6badbf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2Ft0N7fEt-asset-mezzanine-16x9-A1MqABn.jpg)
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Composer Stephen Schwartz and writer Susan Orlean have relentlessly inquiring minds.
![Long and Winding Roads](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d88eb40/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2Fc2jvqAU-asset-mezzanine-16x9-caA16In.jpg)
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For composer Anaïs Mitchell & writer Douglas Stuart, triumphs can be years in the making.
![By Their Stars](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d22b7ed/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2F9FddafE-asset-mezzanine-16x9-ERuroWb.jpg)
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Rock band The Killers, choreographer Mark Morris, and violinist Augustin Hadelich.
![Fearless Pursuits](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ad057ee/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FgnjjJKM-asset-mezzanine-16x9-nhBSIFi.jpg)
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Michael Cunningham and Joan Kane didn’t let obstacles stand in the way of potential.
![Unremitting](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5c68999/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FvMENemc-asset-mezzanine-16x9-Y3ZVm7j.jpg)
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Writer Kate DiCamillo and theater artist Ping Chong have navigated winding paths.
![From Prodigies to Paragons](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/051400b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FirlFXpQ-asset-mezzanine-16x9-2rx4tIw.jpg)
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Recognized early for their gifts, Yaa Gyasi and Sarah Jarosz are now becoming role models.
![What Might Be](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8fd44fe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FBySt6D4-asset-mezzanine-16x9-msMZiHO.jpg)
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Samuel R. Delany and Orkan Telhan interrogate the present to glimpse the future.
![Reflexive Cognition](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4a9483a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2F84sTBHw-asset-mezzanine-16x9-ghfzqoE.jpg)
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Observation is vivid in the works of Paul Muldoon and Daniel Arsham.
![Virtuous Reality](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9a85371/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FX0LRBTz-asset-mezzanine-16x9-u2Wnomm.jpg)
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Yusef Komunyakaa and Jennifer Weiner know that honest work can reveal new truths.