Arts

Repeat Offender: Dav Pilkey created artwork for Banned Books Week featuring his frequently complained-about hero, Captain Underpants.

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Too Graphic? 2014 Banned Books Week Celebrates Challenged Comics

1:31pm September 24, 2014

by Lynn Neary

Captain Underpants has once again topped the list of most-challenged books. Author Dav Pilkey says his tighty-whities-clad hero teaches kids a healthy lesson about questioning authority.

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Making The Case 'Against Football'

1:18pm September 24, 2014

by Linda Holmes

Steve Almond's new book is a powerful polemic laying out the reasons he, a longtime passionate football fan, is giving up the sport.

Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross star in ABC's Black-ish.

Arts

'Black-ish' And The Color Of Money

10:30am September 24, 2014

by Linda Holmes

The new comedy Black-ish not only addresses itself to race in a way not many sitcoms do, but does the same with socioeconomic class.

Books
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A Historic Backdrop Frames Forbidden Love In 'The Paying Guests'

9:46am September 24, 2014

by Julia Keller

Sarah Waters' latest novel, set in 1920s London, examines the moral consequences of passion. Though slightly too long, this book brings the past to life with exquisite clarity.

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Shared Radiance Performing Art Company Provides Experiential Shows

8:38am September 24, 2014

by David Ford

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Book News: Author J. California Cooper, Whose Simple Prose Drew Acclaim, Dies

7:55am September 24, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

The playwright-turned-novelist had a conversational style that made even vast themes feel intimate.

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In 'Afterworlds,' A Teen Imagines Worlds Within Worlds

7:13am September 24, 2014

by Tasha Robinson

Scott Westerfeld's latest book is about a teen who writes her own YA novel. Westerfeld alternates chapters about her life with chapters of her novel. This book honors YA tropes as it subverts them.

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A Feisty Writer Spars With Her Young Protege

7:38pm September 23, 2014

by Heller McAlpin

Brian Morton's Florence Gordon is about the relationship between a tough, 75-year-old feminist icon and her granddaughter. It's self-aware, funny and full of characters that are entirely believable.

André Benjamin plays Jimi Hendrix in the new film Jimi: All Is By My Side.

From Sideman To Star: A New Film Captures Jimi Hendrix's Pivotal Year

4:33pm September 23, 2014

Jimi: All Is By My Side focuses on the year Hendrix changed his name and recorded his first album. Director John Ridley and star André Benjamin (a.k.a. André 3000) talk about portraying the guitarist.

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After WWI, A Mother And Daughter Must Take In 'Paying Guests'

4:10pm September 23, 2014

by Maureen Corrigan

Sarah Waters' spellbinding novel — about two women in 1920s London — is no simple period piece. Waters is a superb storyteller with a gift for capturing the layered nuances of character and mood.

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