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Dolly Parton's New Kid's Book Is A Story Of Perseverance and Standing Up To Bullies

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Dolly Parton's New Kid's Book Is A Story Of Perseverance and Standing Up To Bullies

In addition to being one of country music's biggest icons, Dolly Parton is also a prolific philanthropist.

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Millions of people have long COVID brain fog — and there's a shortage of answers
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Millions of people have long COVID brain fog — and there's a shortage of answers

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Psychologist James Jackson says people with long COVID experience impaired brain function and mental health issues. He offers some practical advice and support in his new book, Clearing the Fog.

Millions of people have long COVID brain fog — and there's a shortage of answers

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Florida rejects some social studies textbooks and pushes publishers to change others

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Florida rejects some social studies textbooks and pushes publishers to change others

In one case, references to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement were removed. The list of rejected materials included books on U.S. history, the Holocaust and psychology.

When art you love was made by 'Monsters': A critic lays out the 'Fan's Dilemma'
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When art you love was made by 'Monsters': A critic lays out the 'Fan's Dilemma'

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Do geniuses get a "hall pass" for their behavior? Or, do we "cancel" the art of artists who've done "monstrous" things? That's the question Claire Dederer tackles in her new book.

When art you love was made by 'Monsters': A critic lays out the 'Fan's Dilemma'

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Tom Hanks has starred in dozens of movies. Now he's written a novel too

Tom Hanks used some of the pandemic slowdown to write a novel titled The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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Tom Hanks has starred in dozens of movies. Now he's written a novel too

For Tom Hanks, movies have always been transformative. Now, after acting in dozens of them, he's written a novel based on his experiences on movie sets. He talked to NPR's A Martinez.

Tom Hanks has starred in dozens of movies. Now he's written a novel too

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Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe, center, is congratulated Monday by staff sports columnist Rick Cleveland, right, after winning the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, as her mother, Bethel Wolfe, left, observes, at a celebration in Jackson, Miss. Wolfe was honored for her reporting on a $77 million welfare scandal, the largest embezzlement of federal funds in Mississippi's history. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption

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Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

The Associated Press won two awards for its Ukraine coverage, including the prestigious Public Service award. The prize for fiction went to two books: Demon Copperhead and Trust.

Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

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Advice from a recovering workaholic: break free

How to achieve that hard-to-hit goal of work/life balance? NPR's A Martinez asks Bryan Robinson, author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World.

Advice from a recovering workaholic: break free

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Back pain shouldn't stop you from cooking at home. Here's how to adapt
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Back pain shouldn't stop you from cooking at home. Here's how to adapt

A new cookbook offers kitchen techniques that reduce physical exertion. It aims to make home cooking accessible again for those with chronic back pain.

Back pain shouldn't stop you from cooking at home. Here's how to adapt

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A chapter ends for this historic Asian American bookstore, but its story continues

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A chapter ends for this historic Asian American bookstore, but its story continues

For decades, Eastwind Books was an anchor for the Bay Area's Asian American community. Now, the husband and wife duo behind it have decided to close the shop.

A chapter ends for this historic Asian American bookstore, but its story continues

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She ripped up her manicured lawn and challenged the norms of gardening stories

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She ripped up her manicured lawn and challenged the norms of gardening stories

In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, Camille Dungy describes her years-long project to transform her weed-filled, water-hogging, monochromatic lawn into a pollinator's paradise.

She ripped up her manicured lawn and challenged the norms of gardening stories

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Library funding becomes the 'nuclear option' as the battle over books escalates

Messages on the window of the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library in Jonesboro, Ark., urged voters to approve library funding. Local voters opted to cut the funding in half, following complaints about books that some deemed inappropriate, and the library is now struggling to stay open. Janet Thiel/The Jonesboro Sun via AP hide caption

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Library funding becomes the 'nuclear option' as the battle over books escalates

Some libraries are now facing an existential threat: They could lose their public funding over books deemed inappropriate for young readers.

Library funding becomes the 'nuclear option' as the battle over books escalates

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An unpublished novel by Gabriel García Márquez is set for release next year

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An unpublished novel by Gabriel García Márquez is set for release next year

Arriving 10 years after the author's death, the roughly 150-page novel will contain five sections centered around a character named Ana Magdalena Bach.

Daughter of Warhol star looks back on a bohemian childhood in the Chelsea Hotel

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Daughter of Warhol star looks back on a bohemian childhood in the Chelsea Hotel

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Alexandra Auder's mother, Viva, was one of Andy Warhol's muses. Auder's memoir, Don't Call Me Home, describes her early life in the Chelsea Hotel, in a world of underground artists and "weirdos."

Daughter of Warhol star looks back on a bohemian childhood in the Chelsea Hotel

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