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After Hollywood success, actors tell us what’s it like pivoting to novel writing
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Emily Greenberg's 'Alternative Facts': A post-truth blend of fiction, politics and pop culture
Local author Emily Greenberg’s debut collection of experimental short stories explores blurred lines between truth and ...
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This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The diss track reached its peak of cultural prominence at the Super Bowl, when Kendrick Lamar performed Not Like Us, his ...
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In new book, NPR's Emily Feng explores identity after China refused to let her return
In 2022, the Chinese government told NPR's Emily Feng she was no longer welcome in China, where she'd lived and reported from ...
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Lucy’s Little Library: Compelling love stories that stray from the script
The Art Thief” by Michael Finkel, “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer and “The Swan’s Nest” by Laura McNeal Lucy’s Little Library is a monthly ...
The Life of the Mind Can Only Get You So Far
My consciousness freshly raised and my mind spongier than ever, I spent my evenings imbibing the no-nonsense feminism of Vivian Gornick, the big-hearted feminism of bell hooks, the caustic feminism of ...