Could this dapper gentleman be Marcel Proust? If it is, as a Canadian professor believes, it would mark the first time the great French author was found in film footage. Le Point/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
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In The Midst Of Future Calamity, A Different Kind Of Ark: The London Zoo
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'Imperial Wife' Trains Its Spotlight On Powerful Women, Past And Present
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Author Cynthia Ozick in her home in New Rochelle, N.Y. in 2008. Kathy Willens/AP hide caption
Why Does Cynthia Ozick Write? 'I Simply Must,' She Says
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A Fine Dessert, Dinner Scene, illustrated by Sophie Blackall Courtesy of Kathleen Dunn, Penguin Random House hide caption
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Dr. David Muller, dean of medical education at Mount Sinai, believes that including in each medical school class some students who have a strong background in the humanities makes traditional science students better doctors, too. Cindy Carpien for NPR hide caption
A Top Medical School Revamps Requirements To Lure English Majors
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A Top Medical School Revamps Requirements To Lure English Majors
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Would time spent with Anton Chekov, famed for his subtle, flawed characters, make you a better judge of human nature? Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Want To Read Others' Thoughts? Try Reading Literary Fiction
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Matt Langione, a subject in the study, reads Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. Results from the study suggest that blood flow in the brain differs during leisurely and critical reading activities. L.A. Cicero/Stanford University hide caption
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"The kitchen table was loaded with enough food to bury the family: hunks of salt pork, tomatoes, beans, even scuppernongs." (To Kill a Mockingbird) Dinah Fried hide caption
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J.D. Salinger's classic novel, which gave life to Holden Caulfield. Amy Sancetta/AP hide caption