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An Ethereal Child Causes Earthly Problems In 'Lanny'

7:00am May 13, 2019

by Heller McAlpin

Max Porter's propulsive, original new novel is set in a small, seemingly idyllic English village that quickly turns darker when the whimsical young son of a newly-arrived couple goes missing.

In the third and final season of Easy, a show about people whose lives are anything but, Michael Chernus and Elizabeth Reaser reprise their roles as a couple experimenting with an open marriage.

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'Easy': How Director Joe Swanberg Improvised A TV Show

5:02am May 13, 2019

by David Greene

The creator of the Netflix anthology show, who is known for a naturalistic style of filmmaking often called mumblecore, says he envisions characters who are kind and generous — and beset by troubles.

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Rihanna Disrupts Luxury Fashion World, Joining LVMH With 'Fenty' Brand

2:12pm May 12, 2019

The singer will become the first woman to start a new fashion line with the luxury group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, and the first woman of color to lead one of its fashion houses.

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Halley's Comet, photographed by the Soviet probe "Vega" in 1986.

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Hansel, Gretel And Halley's Comet Link The Tales In 'Alternate Endings'

10:00am May 12, 2019

by Ilana Masad

The storylines in Lindsey Drager's new novel take place across a millennium, from a version of Hansel and Gretel wandering the woods in 1378 to a girl fetching water on the dying earth of 2136.

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Did This Novel About LSD Trials Get It Right? We Ask Someone Who Was There

9:04am May 12, 2019

by Tom Vitale

T.C. Boyle's Outside Looking In fictionalizes Timothy Leary's hallucinogenic drug experiments in the 1960s. A graduate student who participated says Boyle did a "great job describing the zeitgeist."

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Everyone Makes Mistakes

9:04am May 12, 2019

We've all flubbed up. But when the hosts of NPR shows put their foot in their mouth, it's broadcast for all to hear. Four NPR hosts share some of their most embarrassing gaffes.

"We go into parenting expecting something like parity ... but it doesn't manifest," says psychologist Darcy Lockman. "Our expectations are really not being met and that leads to a lot of anger."

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'All The Rage' Isn't About Moms Having It All — It's About Moms Doing It All

8:25am May 12, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Psychologist Darcy Lockman says there's been progress since the 1950s, but equal partnerships are a long way off. Her book All the Rage explores uneven distribution of childcare and domestic labor.

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Chickpea flour is gaining attention thanks to its gluten-free binding properties. But the ingredient has been a staple of cooking for Indians, Pakistanis and many others for centuries.

How Did Chickpea Flour, A Staple Of Indian Cuisine, Become A Health Food Sensation?

7:00am May 12, 2019

by Priya Krishna

Indians, along with the Nepalese, Pakistanis and many others, have been cooking with it for centuries. As Americans now embrace this ingredient with gusto, will its culinary heritage get blurred?

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Plutocracy, Not Theocracy Compels The Handmaids Of 'The Farm'

7:00am May 12, 2019

by Jean Zimmerman

Joanne Ramos builds her own experience into this story of a young Filipino woman who ends up on a seemingly cushy "gestational retreat" where women — called "hosts" — carry babies for rich families.

H. Keith Melton, a longtime collector of spy artifacts, stands next to the axe that was used to kill Soviet exile Leon Trotsky in Mexico in 1940. The axe is part of Melton's huge collection that he's donated to the new International Spy Museum.

A New Spy Museum That Tackles Torture And Other Tough Questions

3:00am May 12, 2019

by Greg Myre

The International Spy Museum, in a sparkling new building just off the National Mall, presents both heroic moments in espionage as well as the country's worst intelligence failures.

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