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'The Old Drift' Takes The Long View Of Human (And Mosquito) History

10:00am April 07, 2019

by Annalisa Quinn

Namwali Serpell's lush, sprawling new novel is a speculative history — and future — of Zambia, from colonialism to an ill-fated space program and the age of mass surveillance and drone warfare.

Onwuachi cooks in the kitchen of his D.C. restaurant, Kith and Kin. His food encompasses a range of African, Caribbean, African-American and other influences.

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Chef's Memoir Tackles What It's Like To Be Young, Gifted And Black In Fine Dining

8:32am April 07, 2019

Kwame Onwuachi's new memoir, Notes From A Young Black Chef, isn't just about his rise from poverty to celebrated restaurateur. It's also a meditation on being a black man in a rarefied world.

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Wizdom dancers perform at the Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C.

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These NBA Dancers Spin, Shimmy And Twerk. And They're All 50 Or Older

8:05am April 07, 2019

Some things get better with age. Just ask the members of the Wizdom, a dance team for the NBA's Washington Wizards who are all 50 years old or older.

Salvador Dalí's idea for a Marx Brothers movie was never made — but it's been resurrected as a graphic novel.

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Salvador Dalí Meets The Marx Brothers In 'Giraffes On Horseback Salad'

8:05am April 07, 2019

by Peter Breslow

Salvador Dalí's friendship with Harpo Marx led him to write a Marx Brothers movie treatment, Giraffes on Horseback Salad. Studio head Louis B. Mayer killed it, but it lives again as a graphic novel.

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Monsters Imaginary And Real Haunt The Caves Of 'The Luminous Dead'

7:00am April 07, 2019

by Jason Sheehan

Caitlin Starling's tense new horror novel follows a desperate young cave diver who's lied her way into a job on a dangerous planet, and the supervisor who may not have her best interests at heart.

An archeologist holds an ancient mummified bird that was found in a burial site unveiled on Friday.

Mummified Mice And Falcons Found In Newly Unveiled Egyptian Tomb

4:19pm April 06, 2019

by Jenny Gathright

More than 50 animals were found in the tomb, along with mummies of a woman and a young boy. It's "one of the most exciting discoveries ever," Mostafa Waziri of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said.

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These 'Women Talking' Build Their Own Faith And Future

10:00am April 06, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Miriam Toews' new novel follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of horrific sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

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A Flying Baby From An Iconic Photo Grows Up

8:33am April 06, 2019

Jordan Leads became famous in some circles for the flying baby photo in which she appeared back in the 1990s. Today she is 27 and a rock climber.

A Wonderful Stroke of Luck by Ann Beattie

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Novel Material: Ann Beattie, Voice Of The Boomers, Turns Her Focus To Millennials

8:33am April 06, 2019

by Lynn Neary

"I never really think that I'm defining a generation," Beattie says. "What I am doing is talking about individual psychology." Her latest novel is called A Wonderful Stroke of Luck.

Dread Scott's The Blue Wall of Violence, as part of the Perilous Bodies exhibit at the Ford Foundation Gallery in Manhattan.

Dangerous Art: A Stark But Inspiring New Exhibit

7:00am April 06, 2019

by Diane Cole

In "Perilous Bodies," a new exhibit at the Ford Foundation Gallery, artists share their vision of the injustice, from the rickety boats of migrants to missiles that look like a flock of blackbirds.