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'Shelter In Place' Is An Ill-Mannered Comedy Of Manners

7:00am October 13, 2020

by Heller McAlpin

David Leavitt's new novel Shelter in Place aims for sparkling social comedy — but it's let down by a cast of privileged, shallow characters you wouldn't want to spend your lockdown with.

Ballet Hispánico celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. It was founded in 1970 by Tina Ramirez.

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Ballet Hispánico Celebrates 50 Years As Ambassadors Of Latinx Dance

5:03pm October 12, 2020

by Jeff Lunden

The dance company features work of Latinx choreographers, as well as a robust educational outreach program. It was just awarded a $4 million grant from the Ford Foundation.

Nyle DiMarco attends the premiere of "A Quiet Place Part II" at Lincoln Center on March 8, 2020 in New York. In his new Netflix series Deaf U, DiMarco turns the camera on students at Gallaudet University.

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With 'Deaf U,' Nyle DiMarco Strives To Show 'There Is No One Right Way To Be Deaf'

6:02pm October 11, 2020

by Michel Martin

The model and activist, who himself is deaf, says his new Netflix reality show offers "an entrance into our world, which is so rich in culture and so layered and diverse."

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In 'Missionaries,' Phil Klay Explores How 'Wars Bleed Into Each Other'

7:52am October 11, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

In a new novel, the National Book Award winner takes readers around the world — from the chaos in Iraq and Afghanistan to turmoil in rural Colombia. It is not a "nice, clean, moral story," he says.

The Code for Love and Heartbreak, by Jillian Cantor

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'The Code For Love And Heartbreak' Isn't 'Emma' — But It Is Charming

10:00am October 10, 2020

by Alethea Kontis

Jillian Cantor's new YA novel lifts some of the elements of Jane Austen's classic — like character names — wholesale. But you'll enjoy it more if you don't expect the plot to follow exactly.

Jason Ward holds a taxidermy screech owl.

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Not My Job: We Quiz Birder Jason Ward On 'Angry Birds'

7:47am October 10, 2020

Ward was a teen in the Bronx when he saw a peregrine falcon eating a pigeon. That was the moment he fell in love with birds, and now he does outreach for the Audubon Society.

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Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o Says Prison Formed Him As A Writer

7:39am October 10, 2020

by Scott Simon

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a perennial favorite for the Literature Nobel. He hasn't won yet — but he does have a new book out, a novel in verse that tells the origin story of Kenya's Gĩkũyũ people.

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Riva Lehrer's On Her New Memoir 'Golem Girl'

7:39am October 10, 2020

Scott Simon speaks to the acclaimed painter, writer and teacher about her new book, which recounts a life growing up with spina bifida.

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For Poet Maggie Smith, An Ending Was The Beginning Of Her New Book

4:11pm October 09, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

Smith says she started writing Keep Moving as her marriage was ending. It began as a series of affirmations she wrote for herself on Twitter; she found that the posts were helping other people too.

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Theoretically Debunked

3:31pm October 09, 2020

Baratunde Thurston and Kiran Deol play a game about old-timey scientific theories that were later debunked. To paraphrase Ray Parker Jr., "Debunkin' makes me feel good!"

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