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This 2019 photo shows the main dining room inside Moscow's iconic Metropol Hotel, just a short distance from the Kremlin. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow
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Harriet Tubman, Joan of Arc and Frida Kahlo in the animated series Clone High. Max hide caption
Authors Bolu Babalola and Emily Henry bring their recs for great summer reads. Caleb Azumah Nelson/Devyn Glista hide caption
Authors Emily Henry and Bolu Babalola give their hottest summer reading recs
An illustration for Backstory Serial, the Substack home for Mary Trump, E. Jean Carroll and Jennifer Taub's romance project The Italian Lesson. James Lake hide caption
Mary Trump, E. Jean Carroll and Jennifer Taub launch romance novel on Substack
A novelist's time in the MMA cage informed his book on memory loss and identity
This Aug 25, 2020 image captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the planet Jupiter and one of its moons, Europa, at left, when the planet was 406 million miles from Earth. AP hide caption
NASA is sending an Ada Limón poem to Jupiter's moon Europa — and maybe your name too?
Poll: Americans say teachers are underpaid, about half of Republicans oppose book bans
In a town where private space is at a premium, this 1953 photo from Michael "Tony" Vaccaro taken for LOOK magazine shows off a stylish way to get a city view. Michael "Tony" Vaccaro/Museum of the City of New York hide caption
Our 5 favorite exhibits from 'This Is New York' — a gritty, stylish city celebration
Brandon Taylor on art, loving across class and why he writes sex scenes
Former FBI director James Comey before testifying on Capitol Hill in 2018. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
James Comey knows the politics of NY law enforcement. Now, he's writing about it
Amanda Gorman says she wrote "The Hill We Climb" — which she read at President Biden's inauguration — "so that all young people could see themselves in a historical moment." Gorman is seen here in February, at the Grammy Awards. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Kenneth Anger attends MOCA's 35th Anniversary Gala in March 2014 in Los Angeles. Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for MOCA hide caption
Ben Wang as Jin Wang and Jim Liu as Wei-Chen in American Born Chinese. Disney+ hide caption
In 'American Born Chinese,' a beloved graphic novel gets Disney-fied
Translator Angela Rodel, left, and author Georgi Gospodinov have won the 2023 International Booker Prize for Time Shelter. They are pictured above in London on May 23, 2023. David Parry/The Booker Prizes hide caption
A school district's book screening process didn't violate civil rights laws — but it should have done a better job of handling the process, the U.S. Department of Education says. Terry Vine/Getty Images hide caption
Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in the series, XO, Kitty. Park Young-Sol/Netflix hide caption
During World War II, the American Red Cross Clubmobile corps (shown here on an airfield in England in 1943) provided donuts, coffee and friendly conversation to the troops. AP hide caption
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Luis Alberto Urrea pays tribute to WWII's forgotten volunteers — including his mother
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Luis Alberto Urrea pays tribute to WWII's forgotten volunteers — including his mother
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who directed the prosecution of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, is releasing a book about his experience. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption