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'We Run The Tides' Pulls You Into The Rough Seas Of Female Adolescence

11:47am February 08, 2021

by Maureen Corrigan

Vendela Vida's novel centers on four 13-year-old girls who are perched on the edge of adulthood — and the recognition that some things they do or say now will change who they become as adults.

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Flat Matt, Falling Lemons And Digital Dolly: The 2021 Super Bowl Ads

10:41am February 08, 2021

by Eric Deggans

Super Bowl LV was Sunday, and as always, a lot of viewers tuned in for the over-the-top ads. Bud Light and Robinhood were standouts, but Dolly Parton fell flat with a rework of her hit "9 to 5."

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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future, by Elizabeth Kolbert

'Under A White Sky' Examines What It Might Take For Humans To Continue To Exist

10:34am February 08, 2021

by Adam Frank

Elizabeth Kolbert makes clear how far we already are from a world of undisturbed, balanced nature — and how far we must go to find a new balance for the planet's future, one that still includes us.

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Powerful 'Removed' Walks A Path Between Memory And Mourning

10:00am February 07, 2021

by Marcela Davison Avilés

Brandon Hobson's new novel crosses back and forth between past and present, mourning and memory to tell the story of a Cherokee family grappling with the death of a son at the hands of the police.

For Her 'SNL' Debut, Phoebe Bridgers Goes Bigger Than Ever

8:06am February 07, 2021

by Stephen Thompson

The singer located the loudest moments from Punisher and cranked them farther than they've gone before — complete with a moment of guitar-smashing mayhem.

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Facing Down The Monster Within in 'What Big Teeth'

7:00am February 07, 2021

by Caitlyn Paxson

Rose Szabo has created a monstrous, dysfunctional family far worse than anything Charles Addams ever dreamed up — and young daughter Eleanor may be the worst of them. She just doesn't know why.

Owen Wilson arrives at the premiere of The Internship on May 29, 2013, in Westwood, Calif.

Arts

Not My Job: Actor Owen Wilson Plays A Game Called 'Wilson, Meet Will's Son'

12:21pm February 06, 2021

We have three questions for Wilson about Jaden Smith — actor, musician, fashion icon, and son of Will Smith.

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Compelling Queer Romance Eclipses Sci-Fi Stakes in 'Winter's Orbit'

10:00am February 06, 2021

by Natalie Zutter

This charming, trope-laden sci-fi romance started life as an original story posted to a fanfiction site, and it wears its fannish influences proudly. Fake-dating? Hurt/comfort? Sunny/grumpy? Yes!

The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing, by Sonia Faleiro

'The Good Girls' Aims To Uncover The Story Behind The Deaths Of Two Indian Girls

8:01am February 06, 2021

by Scott Simon

Two young, inseparable teenage girls were found hanging side by side from a mango tree in a small village in India in May 2014. Author Sonia Faleiro investigates their deaths in a new book.

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A Journalist's Eye Enlivens 'Land Of Big Numbers'

7:00am February 06, 2021

by Kamil Ahsan

Journalist Te-Ping Chen's fiction debut puts her reportorial talents to brilliant use, in a collection of short stories about Chinese life that will make readers reconsider their settled notions.