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Historian Micki McElya revisits one September afternoon in 1968, Atlantic City, when the Miss America pageant collided with a changing country. Her new book is Liberation Summer.
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Her new novel "Solstice" interweaves Adam and Eve, a troubled marriage, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Laila AnnMarie Stevens documents her family's move from New York City to North Carolina — a kind of reversal of the historic Great Migration of the early 20th century.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Paul Yoon about his new novel, "Etna," and its main character, a dog who becomes part of a war in an unnamed country.
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This summer marks a moment of transition in the Grateful Dead's long, strange trip: the first in many years where there is no clear center of the band's universe. Where do Deadheads go from here?
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A musicologist discovered a pattern found all over modern pop music which he's dubbing the Gen Alpha melody.
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If you are an art history lover and also enjoy online games like Wordle or GeoGuesser, then Anthropeum is for you.
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Co-author Maggie Haberman talks about the new book "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," which reveals a president transformed from term one: more willing to take risks and operating almost entirely on instinct alone.
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Bennett, who died in 2023, was known for a string of hits, including "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation and remembers some of Bennett's lesser-known songs.
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Best-known for his band The Frames and his part in the 2007 film Once, Hansard got his start as a street busker in Dublin. He died July 29 in a motorcycle crash. Originally broadcast in 2008.
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K-pop supergroup BTS will not enter their music for consideration for the 2027 Grammys. We ask New York Times reporter Ben Sisario what's behind this decision.
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The R&B group's breakout stars released new solo albums on the same day — one leaning out of the spotlight while the other confronts viral fame.