The U.S. Department of Justice seeks to block a book publishing 'behemoth'
The Department of Justice is suing to block a proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster
Arts
Carole Baskin's lawsuit says she didn't agree to be in 'Tiger King' sequel
In court documents filed Monday, Baskin, who is seen in the trailer for the new show, said any sequel cannot feature any footage of her or Big Cat Rescue.
How Gary Shteyngart's pandemic pod inspired a novel about friendship
Our Country Friends is about the trysts and betrayals that occur within a group of friends during the pandemic. It's an exaggerated version of Shteyngart's own COVID experience.
'All in the Family' is 50 years old. A new book looks at how it changed TV
All in the Family creator Norman Lear, along with writer Jim Colucci, talked with NPR about Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and their roles on the groundbreaking TV show.
'My Monticello' grapples with the past, present and future of American racism
The title novella of Jocelyn Nicole Johnson's debut is set in the near future in Charlottesville, Va., where descendants of Sally Hemings' take shelter from a racist mob in Thomas Jefferson's manor.
Huma Abedin's admiration for mentor Hillary Clinton is on full display in 'Both/And'
Abedin also reflects on her marriage to former Rep. Anthony Weiner, writing: "[Clinton] said that she did not believe I should pay a professional price for what was ultimately my husband's mistake."
A new book captures Cokie Roberts and her 'Life Well Lived'
At the 2019 funeral for longtime NPR journalist Cokie Roberts, her husband, Steven, told personal stories about their life together. There were still more to tell, so he dove into writing about them.
'The Souvenir Part II' is a near-perfect sequel about loss and art
Filmmaker Joanna Hogg conceived her 2019 semi-autobiographical drama The Souvenir as a two-part work. The second installment is a wonderfully generous movie, sardonic in tone but rich in emotion.
Edgar Wright tells a different kind of ghost story in 'Last Night in Soho'
Wright's new movie centers on a young woman who is transported in her dreams into the swinging '60s of London: "The film is sort of about having nostalgia for a decade that you never lived in."
'Misfire' is a scathing look at nepotism, fraud and corruption in the NRA
The book by NPR's Tim Mak might be the final blow in terms of exposing the organization's rotten core and showing how a boundless love for money and power has eaten away at the group's foundations.