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Author Shahnaz Habib next to the cover of her new book, Airplane Mode. Author photo by Eva Garmendia hide caption
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'If you have a face, you have a place in the conversation about AI,' expert says
Jon Batiste unveiled his first symphonic composition, American Symphony, at New York's Carnegie Hall on September 22, 2022. An eponymous documentary by Matthew Heineman follows his life with his wife. Netflix hide caption
Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad share journey of 'two extremes' in American Symphony
Parents Against Bad Books co-founder Carolyn Harrison (center) talks with people last month outside the public library in Idaho Falls, Idaho, about what she considers obscene books on the shelves. Kim Raff for NPR hide caption
In the battle over books, who gets to decide what's age-appropriate at libraries?
A group of protestors march in front of the General Accounting Office on March 29, 1995, to raise awareness about the mysterious object that was found in Roswell, N.M., in 1947. Joshua Roberts/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
How the Roswell 'UFO' spurred our modern age of conspiracy theories
Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey taping their podcast about happiness Harpo, Inc./Huy Doan hide caption
In the book 'Build the Life You Want,' Oprah has some advice for being happier
Paul Lynch, winner of the 2023 Booker Prize, celebrates shortly after the announcement in London on Sunday. Alberto Pezzali/AP hide caption
Beware! 'The Baddies' are here to scare your kids — and make them laugh
How comic Leslie Jones went from funniest person on campus to 'SNL' star
Defending the Disney Adult; plus, what it takes to stand up for Black trans people
Stephanie Land's 2019 memoir Maid became a 10-part Netflix series. Erika Peterman/Simon & Schuster hide caption
A memoir about life 'in the margins,' 'Class' picks up where 'Maid' left off
Author A.S. Byatt, whose books include the Booker Prize-winning novel "Possession," has died at the age of 87. Peter Jordan/AP hide caption
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A wildfire burns south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, near Highway 63 on Saturday, May 7, 2016. A book about an inferno that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos has won Britain's leading nonfiction book prize. Jonathan Hayward/AP hide caption
Pink performs on NBC's Today show on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 in New York. Charles Sykes/Charles Sykes/Invision/AP hide caption
Justin Torres' novel Blackouts won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday night. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption
Justin Torres wins at National Book Awards as authors call for cease-fire in Gaza
Healing the 'Invisible Ache' behind the suicide crisis among Black men and boys
Michael Fassbender in The Killer. Netflix hide caption
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Claire Keegan's 'stories of women and men' explore what goes wrong between them
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Claire Keegan's 'stories of women and men' explore what goes wrong between them
Dr. Matthew Harris visits the primary health-care center where he worked in Brazil 20 years ago. The author of Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation: Low-Cost Solutions from Low-Income Countries says: "I really think that if people had been more receptive to learning from Brazil 20 years ago, we could have had an army of community health workers in [the U.K.] by now." Courtesy Dr. Matthew Harris hide caption