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The auction from Lana and Lilly Wachowski includes more than 180 items from The Matrix Revolutions, V for Vendetta, Sense 8 and Speed Racer, among other films.

Writers in the final round include Lauren Groff, Hanif Abdurraqib and Anthony Doerr. The prize recognizes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people's literature.

With her diverse singing style, Dinah Washington had an influence on many R&B and jazz singers, particularly Nancy Wilson and Esther Phillips. In 1954, she recorded perhaps her most memorable live jam session, with Clifford Brown. The result was Dinah Jams, which also includes solos by flügelhornist Clark Terry.

Mary Lou Williams taught herself how to play the piano and performed in public by the time she was six. She composed for the New York Philharmonic, arranged for Duke Ellington, and modernized her style as one of the few "stride" pianists. 1927-1940 tracks this boogie woogie master's musical development as a young woman.

In Mexico, crowds gathered for a karaoke tribute to legendary singer José José, who died Saturday in Miami. His career spanned decades and his records sold in the millions.

Singer/songwriter Stew seamlessly blends gospel and funk with sophisticated lyrics, sweet melodies, and an even sweeter voice. His eighth album, titled Something Deeper Than These Changes, takes the listener on intimate journeys into Stew's past, and offers vivid portraits of the people he is closest to in the present. NPR's Neda Ulaby profiles the musician.

Author Jeff Griggs talks about Guru: My Days with Del Close. Close was central to Chicago's Second City club, which gave rise to John Belushi, Bill Murray and many other comic talents.

In the second of a two-part report marking the 40th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, we profile the Gates of the Arctic National Park, north of the Arctic Circle in the Brooks Range of Alaska.

Mary Lou Williams was not only present for nearly every development in jazz music — she was influential to most of them. In her compositions, arrangements, piano playing, and teaching, she constantly advanced jazz music.

For most of his life, music critic Tim Page felt like an outsider. Restless and isolated, he was uneasy around others. Finally, when he was 45, Page was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.