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Marvel's Next Films To Have More Diverse Leads

8:12am October 29, 2014

In addition to two more films in the Avengers series, Marvel has announced its next round of movies until 2019, featuring characters like The Black Panther, Dr. Strange and Captain Marvel.

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Book Review: 'Belzhar' By Meg Wolitzer

6:30pm October 28, 2014

Novelist Gabrielle Zelvin reviews Meg Wolitzer's new young adult book, Belzhar.

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Julia O'Rourke (center) wins the 2014 World Irish Dancing Championships. Here, she poses with the top five performers in her age group.

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Today's Irish Dancers Step Away From Stereotype

4:03pm October 28, 2014

by S.J. Velasquez

If you haven't been paying attention to Irish dancing since Riverdance, you might be surprised by the ethnic diversity on display as the All Ireland Dancing Championships kick off this week.

W.H. Auden at the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center in 1966.

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75 Years Of 'Colossal Poets' And Live Literature At NYC's 92nd Street Y

12:58pm October 28, 2014

by Tom Vitale

Writer Cynthia Ozick attended readings at the Y in the 1950s. "You saw these icons standing in a blaze of brilliant spotlight," she says, "and you felt that you were at the crux of all civilization."

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Karen Russell's novel Swamplandia! was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2012.

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Book News: 2 Popular Books May Be Coming To TV

10:26am October 28, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

Ann Leckie's sci-fi epic Ancillary Justice and Karen Russell's St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves have been optioned for TV. Meanwhile, a long-lost Malcolm Lowry novel sees publication.

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'Slow Regard' Is A Riddle, Wrapped In A Mystery, Living In An Underground Tunnel

7:03am October 28, 2014

by Jason Heller

Patrick Rothfuss' new novella is a dreamy flight of fantasy that follows a secondary character in his vast Kingkiller Chronicle: Auri, a quiet young woman living in a sprawling, secret tunnel network.

The Secret History of Wonder Woman cover

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The Man Behind Wonder Woman Was Inspired By Both Suffragists And Centerfolds

3:45pm October 27, 2014

Wonder Woman's creator, William Moulton Marston, had a secret life: He had a wife and a mistress and fathered children with both of them. Jill Lepore explains in The Secret History of Wonder Woman.

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Love Is Saying 'Sari': The Quest To Save A South Asian Tradition

2:13pm October 27, 2014

by Sandip Roy

Commentator Sandip Roy says the traditional sari has been falling out of fashion in the new India, but designers are turning to pop art prints and other changes to boost its appeal.

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TLC's 'Honey Boo Boo' Cancellation Shows Dangers Of Exploitative TV

11:17am October 27, 2014

by Eric Deggans

TLC has canceled its unscripted show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo amid allegations that June Shannon, the mother of the show's young star, has been dating a convicted child molester.

After The Blackwater Convictions, A Book On Iraq's Nightmarish Reality

8:58am October 27, 2014

by Brian Castner

Four former Blackwater guards were found guilty last week in connection with a fatal shooting in 2007. Author Brian Castner recommends a book on the toll violence has taken on Iraq.

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