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Dear Life Kit: My best friend said he'd unfriend me if I ever had kids
A reader is taken aback by her best friend's reaction to the possibility that she might want kids. He says that if she had kids, it would change everything between them. Friendship experts weigh in.
New books this week: A foodie memoir, a missing child, witches illustrated, and more
Care and Feeding chronicles life in the culinary world. All the Other Mothers Hate Me follows a mom turned amateur detective. Plus, Karen Russell's first full-length novel since Swamplandia!
From pointy hats to murder of innocents, 'The Story of Witches' revives the past
Willow Winsham's new book on witches, past and present, offers a fun, fast, well researched historical summary that is also a stunning work of art.
Why Joni Mitchell covers are taking off on TikTok
Actor Amanda Seyfried played a cover of Joni Mitchell's "California" on The Tonight Show. The clip has gone viral, and a new generation of Joni fans are taking to TikTok to show off.
Bill Burr: 'I am a mess of a human being ... but it makes for good comedy'
Burr is known for his contrarian, fiery stand-up, but lately he's been feeling lighter on stage. His latest Hulu comedy special is Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years.
How a train conductor saved a graduate student from potential danger
On this week's My Unsung Hero, Ellen Wyoming DeLoy tells the story of a train conductor who saved her from potential danger.
Reginald Dwayne Betts discusses his new collection of poems, 'Doggerel'
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new collection of poems, "Doggerel," a meditation on family, friendship and falling in love.
Customers skeptical as Rhode Island family sells famous wiener business
Rhode Island lays claim to a hot dog they say is one-of-a-kind in the U.S. Four generations have been serving them up with secret sauce in Providence since 1946. Now, they're selling the business.
Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 92
The celebrated South African playwright was known for Blood Knot, The Road to Mecca and "Master Harold"...and the Boys. He said his job was to make "leaps out of my reality and into other realities."