NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Elizabeth Gonzalez James about her new book The Bullet Swallower, and how it transports readers back to the old west along the Texas-Mexico border.
Osgood, who anchored CBS Sunday Morning for more than two decades and hosted the long-running radio program The Osgood File, died Tuesday home in New Jersey. The cause was dementia, his family said.
In writer Tanja Maljartschuk's novel, the narrator's malaise and weakening attachment to time serve as a metaphor for today's Ukraine, as well as for other struggling democracies, including our own.
Oppenheimer led all films with 13 nominations. Barbie's Greta Gerwig was overlooked for best director. Many first-time actors were recognized, and international films performed well.
Jewison also directed the romantic comedy Moonstruck and1967 race drama In the Heat of the Night, which critic Leonard Maltin says "caught lightning in a bottle."
The top honors in this year's children's book awards from the American Library Association lauded Dave Egger's The Eyes and the Impossible and Vashti Harrison's picture book Big.
Dr. Uché Blackstock says that the 2023 SCOTUS ruling against affirmative action will have a long-term, negative impact on both Black doctors and patients. Her book is Legacy.