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A federal judge has ordered books about gender and race be returned to the shelves at school libraries on military bases in Kentucky, Virginia, Italy and Japan.
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Malala Yousafzai is the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate and co-founder of Malala Fund, which advocates for girls’ education worldwide.
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Karine Jean-Pierre gives an interview on her new book “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines”.
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Karine Jean-Pierre shares why she no longer identifies as a Democrat in her new book
Chef and writer Samin Nosrat is the author of Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook.
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Julian Brave NoiseCat is the author of We Survived the Night.
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LitBox provides books by local authors directly to readers through a vending machine inside Western Market in Washington, D.C., as seen on Aug. 14. Lauren Woods created LitBox to help DMV writers get noticed.
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Culinary historian Michael W. Twitty’s new cookbook traces the history and cultural context for each recipe he shares.
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A celebration of the South’s rich — and messy — heritage, delivered on a plate
What does it mean to have faith?
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Is faith the key to good art?
John T. Edge, at home in Oxford, Miss., has written extensively about the South and its food culture. Now he has turned his pen to his family’s own troubled history.
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In new memoir, John T. Edge explores Southern identity and a troubled family history
Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan join forces on ‘Remain’ novel and film
Nick Offerman at Maximum Fun HQ
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Hungarian László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in literature.
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Who will win the Nobel Prize in literature?
James Baldwin in London in 1964. A new biography focuses on the author’s relationships.
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‘Baldwin: A Love Story’ explores how the author’s love life inspired his work
Mayci Neeley at an event with the cast of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” at SiriusXM Studios in May.
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‘Mormon Wives’ star Mayci Neeley shares her complex life in new memoir
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