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With 'Ducks,' the creator of Hark! A Vagrant reveals her shadow side

5:00am September 22, 2022

by Etelka Lehoczky

Kate Beaton, the mind that gave us perky revolutionaries and a roly-poly Napoleon, now tells the darker side of her life story: how she suffered during the two years she worked in Alberta's oil field.

Edward Enninful became the editor-in-chief of British Vogue in 2017. His new memoir is A Visible Man.

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'British Vogue' editor-in-chief wants his magazine to reflect the world he sees

3:22pm September 21, 2022

by Tonya Mosley

Edward Enninful grew up in Ghana, assisting his mother in her dressmaking shop. "For me, fashion was always such an inclusive, beautiful thing," he says. His memoir is A Visible Man.

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'Lucy By The Sea' succeeds at capturing disruptions, anxieties of pandemic

11:49am September 21, 2022

by Heller McAlpin

Elizabeth Strout's latest is a chronicle of a plague year — and also of the main character's growing insights into herself, her family, and their changing relationships during this period.

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From 'Saturday Night' to 'Sunday Night,' Dick Ebersol looks back on 40 years in TV

4:46pm September 20, 2022

If you have an unforgettable live TV moment, chances are Dick Ebersol was involved. The TV executive looks back on an incredible 40-year broadcasting career.

New Trump tome 'The Divider' offers most comprehensive chronicle of his term to date

4:44pm September 20, 2022

by Ron Elving

The book by veteran journalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser is a rushing torrent of anecdotes and recollections. A reader may plunge in at any point and pull up a pail of Trump at full tilt.

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Kevin from the Office is releasing a chili cookbook

6:58am September 20, 2022

Brian Baumgartner's new cookbook shares recipes from chili cook off winners, chefs and even one from the actor himself.

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NPR's Malaka Gharib remembers summers in Cairo in her new graphic memoir

5:10am September 20, 2022

Leila Fadel speaks to Malaka Gharib and her family about her graphic memoir, It Won't Always Be Like This.

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Poet Amanda Gorman will address a U.N. meeting on global challenges

9:46am September 19, 2022

World leaders will gather at the U.N. to address poverty, hunger and inequality. NPR's A Martinez talks to Amanda Gorman, who reads part of a poem she wrote for an appearance at the General Assembly.

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The Bluest Eye, The Hate U Give and Queer, There and Everywhere are among the books that have faced bans around the country.

New report finds a coordinated rise in attempted book bans

6:25am September 19, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

According to PEN America, a growing number of local political and advocacy groups have focused their attacks on books featuring LGBTQ+ characters and characters of color.

The bride and doom of Valyria: (L-R) Matt Smith, Gavin Spokes, Emily Carey, Paddy Considine, Milly Alcock, Theo Nate, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Wil Johnson, Savannah Steyn.

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'House of the Dragon' episode 5: The perfect match ... to burn it all down

10:01pm September 18, 2022

by Glen Weldon

Episode 5 of HBO's 'Game of Thrones' spin off gets its ducks — and its geese — in a row. A royal celebration goes off with a great big bloody hitch.