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'Normal People' Appeals Across Genders And Generations

10:57am April 16, 2019

by Heller McAlpin

Sally Rooney avoids a sophomore slump with Normal People, a will-they-won't-they love story with sympathetic protagonists whose lives are complicated by economic uncertainty and class differences.

Gentoo penguins sit on an Antarctic iceberg in a scene from the new Netflix nature documentary series Our Planet.

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'Our Planet' Nature Documentary Addresses The 800-Pound Gorilla — Human Impact

9:28pm April 15, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

The new Netflix series takes a hard look at the effects of our behavior on the natural world. Series producer Alastair Fothergill says that this is a different, more urgent type of show.

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The 2019 Pulitzer Prizes are getting handed out Monday.

WATCH LIVE: Pulitzer Prizes Name A New Crop Of Winners For 2019

8:34pm April 15, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Prize Administrator Dana Canedy is stepping behind the lectern Monday to deliver good news to distinguished journalists, authors, musicians, scholars and others ranging across 21 categories.

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2019 Pulitzer Prizes Turn The Spotlight On Some Dangers Journalists Face

6:30pm April 15, 2019

by Andrew Limbong

From big papers to small, famous authors to unknowns, the Pulitzer Prizes cover the map of American writing and music.

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Cover detail of Working, by Robert Caro.

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Biographer Robert Caro On Fame, Power And 'Working' To Uncover The Truth

3:06pm April 15, 2019

by Dave Davies

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was never interested in only telling the stories of famous men. Instead, he says, "I wanted to use their lives to show how political power worked."

Women's Work: A Reckoning with Work and Home, by Megan Stack

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'Women's Work' Delves Into Gender Roles At Home, And Relationships With Domestic Help

10:56am April 15, 2019

by Rachel Martin

Former L.A. Times foreign correspondent Megan Stack talks with NPR about her new book, her relationships with her nannies, and the need to further involve men in conversations about work in the home.

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Queen Cersei (Lena Headey) smiling that smile of hers on Game of Thrones. Shoulder pads courtesy of Julia Sugarbaker.

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 8, Episode 1: 'Nothing Lasts'

10:13am April 15, 2019

by Glen Weldon

The first episode of the final season was dense with reunions, recriminations and revelations as just about the entire cast made it to Winterfell.

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For April, 3 Novels Of Love At Any Age, In Any Era

7:00am April 15, 2019

by Maya Rodale

This month's romance roundup includes the latest in Lucy Parker's London Celebrities series, an older woman chucking convention in Victorian England, and a reworking of The Taming of the Shrew.

Challah, borscht and a bialy are among the items listed in The 100 Most Jewish Foods.

'Debatable' List Of '100 Most Jewish' Foods Leaves Plenty Of Room For Kibbitzing

8:52pm April 14, 2019

by Deena Prichep

As families around the country fill their freezers with matzo balls and gefilte fish in preparation for the coming Passover Seder, a new book asks: What does it mean for a food to be Jewish?

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#NPRPoetry Month: Lauren Alleyne

5:26pm April 14, 2019

It's National Poetry Month, and for our series #NPRPoetry, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with poet Lauren Alleyne. Alleyne combed Twitter for her favorite original poems.