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Singer Brandi Carlile talks ambition, avoidance and finally finding her place
Mel Brooks says his only regret as a comedian is the jokes he didn't tell
Mario, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, 1983. Carol Kovinick Hernandez/Fantagraphics hide caption
'Love and Rockets' celebrates 40 years of edgy, Latinx, alternative comics
J. Edgar Hoover is seen in his Washington, D.C., office in 1936. A new biography of the long-time FBI director looks at public support for his policies during most of his tenure. AP hide caption
Biography traces public support for J. Edgar Hoover in most of his 48 years in power
Former Vice President Mike Pence (right) speaks with Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep at the law library of the Indiana state capitol in Indianapolis on Monday. Nickolai Hammar/NPR hide caption
Mike Pence, pondering a presidential run, condemns Trump's rhetoric on Jan. 6
A cell biologist shares the wonder of researching life's most fundamental form
Young Dabin is asked by multiple adults if she sees her self as Korean or American. Dabin Han for NPR hide caption
Anjelica Huston as Morticia Addams and Raul Julia as Gomez Addams in Addams Family Values. Paramount Pictures/Cinematic Collection/Alamy Stock Photo hide caption
Composer Ned Rorem in 1953 in Paris, where he lived for nearly a decade and wrote his infamous Paris Diary. Provided by the artist hide caption
Tess Gunty attends the 73rd National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in New York. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption
Cover of Running While Black byAlison Mariella Desir. Penguin Random House hide caption
The auction featured a number of items from the office where Joan Didion worked, including two electric typewriters that sold for $5,500 and $6,000, respectively. Jim Zarroli/For NPR hide caption
Writer Joan Didion's possessions sell for eye-popping prices at auction
NPR All Things Considered host Juana Summers (left) speaks with former First Lady Michelle Obama about her new book, The Light We Carry. Langston Sessoms/NPR hide caption
Former first lady Michelle Obama talks to Life Kit about her new book The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times Photograph by Mito Habe Evans/NPR; Collage by Life Kit hide caption
Michelle Obama's best advice on marriage, parenting and being your authentic self
NPR All Things Considered host Juana Summers (left) speaks with former First Lady Michelle Obama about her new book, The Light We Carry. Langston Sessoms/NPR hide caption
Watch: Michelle Obama tells young people to be 'rageful' — but have a plan
Children read outdoors at an event organized by the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City in August 1950. Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
An illustration of Martin from Number One is Walking. Copyright (c) 2022 by the authors and reprinted with permission of Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC hide caption
Misty Copeland has been a principal ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre since 2015. She took a break from performing due to COVID-19 and the birth of her son in spring 2022, but she hopes to be back on stage in 2023. Drew Gurian/MasterClass hide caption
'It chips away at you': Misty Copeland on the whiteness of ballet
Former first lady Michelle Obama published her memoir Becoming in November 2018. Chuck Kennedy/NPR hide caption