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At Night All Blood is Black, by David Diop

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For Fall's Dark Days, 3 Tales In Translation To Match The Mood

10:33am November 29, 2020

by Lily Meyer

Sometimes, when the days are getting shorter and the world seems like it's getting darker, a melancholy read seems like just the thing — so here are three fittingly dark novels in translation.

Misty Copeland based the characters in Bunheads on the ballet friends she grew up with.

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Misty Copeland Celebrates Ballet's Beautiful Friendships In 'Bunheads'

7:55am November 29, 2020

by Samantha Balaban

Copeland hopes her book will help young dancers feel comfortable in the studio and on the stage. She says illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey channeled "superhero energy" into dancers leaping off the page.

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G.I. Woe: Mattel's Flushin' Frenzy sends a brown plastic poop flying into the air. It's pictured above at Toy Fair in New York in February 2018.

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Who Cares About The No. 1 Toy When You Could Have No. 2?

7:55am November 29, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

The market remains flush with toys that poop: Gotta Go Flamingo, Poopsie Slime Surprise, Doggie Doo, Fishin' For Floaters. "It's a very light taboo," says Mary Higbe of Goliath Games.

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Sohla El-Waylly Talks Holiday Traditions And Her Path To Stardom

7:55am November 29, 2020

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with cooking show host Sohla El-Waylly about re-imagined holiday meals and the challenges she embraces in the kitchen and in life.

I Talk Like a River, by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith

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Finding A Voice And Coming To Terms With A Stutter In 'I Talk Like A River'

8:54pm November 28, 2020

by Juanita Giles

Jordan Scott is a poet, a master of words, and a stutterer. His new kids' book, gorgeously illustrated by Sydney Smith, chronicles his childhood journey towards coming to terms with his stutter.

Irish poet William Butler Yeats circa 1920.

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Opinion: Reading William Butler Yeats 100 Years Later

8:00am November 28, 2020

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what a 100 year-old poem by William Butler Yeats means today.

Kaley Cuoco plays the flight attendant in The Flight Attendant, a darkly funny thriller from HBO MAX.

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'The Flight Attendant' Is A Fizzy, Dark And Funny Mystery

5:01am November 28, 2020

by Linda Holmes

Kaley Cuoco plays a messy flight attendant in the HBO MAX series that begins when one very bad night leads to one very rough morning.

Stacey Mei Yan Fong has been baking her way across the United States: Clockwise from upper left, a baked Alaska pie, Utah's funeral potato pie, Nevada's all you can eat buffet pie, South Carolina's peach pie, Ohio's buckeye pie, Iowa's s'mores pie, Missou

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An Ode, À La Mode: 1 Baker Savors America, Creating 50 Pies For 50 States

3:48pm November 27, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

Originally from Singapore, Stacey Mei Yan Fong loves baking and America. For a project she calls 50 Pies/50 States, she's made an elaborative representative pie for each state.

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Carol Burnett On Her Signature Ear Pull And Accessing A Wide Audience

1:37pm November 27, 2020

The Carol Burnett Show, which aired from 1967-1978, recently started streaming. We listen back to Terry Gross' 2003 interview with Burnett, and TV critic David Bianculli checks in with her now.

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The big family in The Happiest Season includes Burl Moseley, Alison Brie, Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Holland, Victor Garber and Mary Steenburgen. (Whew!)

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'Happiest Season' Is A Holiday Family Romcom With A Very Merry Cast

7:00am November 27, 2020

by Linda Holmes

Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis play Abby and Harper, a couple headed home to Abby's parents' house for Christmas. Dan Levy, Victor Garber and Aubrey Plaza are among the terrific supporting cast.