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In The Enchanted Symphony, a young boy named Piccolino harnesses the power of art, nature and community. Illustrations © 2023 Elly MacKay hide caption
A concert audience of houseplants? A new kids' book tells the surprisingly true tale
Leslie Jones says she was 19 when Jamie Foxx told her she needed to live life — get hired, get fired, fall in love — in order to be truly funny. Jen Rosenstein/HGBUSA hide caption
How comic Leslie Jones went from funniest person on campus to 'SNL' star
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Lauren Groff's survivalist novel 'The Vaster Wilds' will test your endurance, too
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Lauren Groff's survivalist novel 'The Vaster Wilds' will test your endurance, too
A PEN America report found that the number of books permanently removed from U.S. school libraries and classrooms has quadrupled — to 1,263 books in the last school year from 333 the year before. Harkim Wright Sr./AP hide caption
Books sit on shelves in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta on Aug. 18. Harkim Wright Sr./AP hide caption
The cover of The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls, originally published in 1998. American Girl hide caption
'The Care and Keeping of You,' American Girl's guide to puberty, turns 25
Kwame Alexander (left) and Jerry Craft have each won a Newbery Medal for their children's books. Alexander invited Craft on a trip to Kenya this summer to speak to schoolkids about reading. The kids were impressed. So were the authors. Brian Otieno for NPR hide caption
A detail from the cover of Jaguar II, the new album from Victoria Monét. Jagmart hide caption
Hollywood relies on China to stay afloat. What does that mean for movies?
Cailee Spaeny stars in Priscilla. A24 Films hide caption
Drew Barrymore attends the Time100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, April 26, 2023, in New York. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption
Some of the winners of this year's Whiting Literary Magazine Prize The Whiting Foundation hide caption
Matthew McConaughey hopes his new book, Just Because, will spark thoughtful conversations among families and connect people of all generations. Penguin Random House hide caption
Author Lauren Groff's new book, The Vaster Wilds, is a tight and tense novel that takes place in 1610 Jamestown. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption
Ghassan Zeineddine, author of the short story collection, Dearborn. Austin Thomason/UM Photography hide caption