Arts

Confessions of a Dork Lord, by Mike Johnston

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Don't Like Harry Potter? Come To The 'Dork' Side

7:00am November 26, 2019

by Juanita Giles

Our kids' books columnist Juanita Giles has a secret: Her kids don't care about Harry Potter. But they do like Mike Johnston's relatably hapless boy wizard Wick, star of Confessions of a Dork Lord.

Incarcerated Men And Women Find Rehabilitation And Hope In 'College Behind Bars'

1:57pm November 25, 2019

by Dave Davies

A new PBS documentary series follows prisoners who earn college degrees while serving time. Director Lynn Novick and graduates Sebastian Yoon and Dyjuan Tatro talk about how the program changes lives.

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'Labyrinth' Is A Leisurely Wander Through A Life No Longer Remembered

7:00am November 25, 2019

by Ilana Masad

Turkish author Burhan Sönmez's quiet, subtle fourth novel, about a man who wakes up in the hospital with complete amnesia, is deeply concerned with the linkages between memory and the body.

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'Catfishing On CatNet:' On The Internet, No One Knows You're A Cat. Or An AI.

10:00am November 24, 2019

by Caitlyn Paxson

Naomi Kritzer's new novel takes off from her award-winning story about an AI that loves cats. It's a wild, rollicking tale with a gritty truth at its core: You never know who you're talking to online.

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'Jagged Little Pill' Hits Broadway

8:04am November 24, 2019

by Denise Guerra

The 1995 hit album Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette is now a musical on Broadway. We talk with show creators Diablo Cody and Diane Paulus for a sneak preview.

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Television chef Rachael Ray celebrates a milestone with a new book, Rachael Ray 50, that's part cookbook and part memoir.

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Rachael Ray At 50: 'Eat Your Spaghetti!'

8:04am November 24, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The television chef celebrates a milestone with a new book, Rachael Ray 50, that's part cookbook and part memoir. She says she wanted to show that women older than 50 can still be relevant in America.

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Mame Bineta Sane as Ada in Atlantics: A Ghost Love Story.

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'Atlantics' Is A Haunting Refugee Story — Of The Women Left Behind In Senegal

5:02pm November 23, 2019

by Bilal Qureshi

Mati Diop is the first black woman to compete at the Cannes Film Festival — where her first feature won the Grand Prix. The movie about women left behind by refugees is coming soon to Netflix.

Teen Vogue editor in chief Elaine Welteroth attends the Beautycon Festival in New York City in May 2017.

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Not My Job: We Quiz 'Teen Vogue' Editor Elaine Welteroth On 'AARP The Magazine'

12:09pm November 23, 2019

When Elaine Welteroth was a little kid (in the '90s) she and her friends created their own fashion magazine — and the experience paid off. She went on to become editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue.

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Tom Hanks stars as Fred Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Hanks watched a lot of Mister Rogers to research the role and found as an adult, you don't really "get it": "Why is it taking so long? What's the big deal? What are these fish?"

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Tom Hanks Plays Mister Rogers: Sharing Joy Is 'The Natural State Of Things'

12:02pm November 23, 2019

by Scott Simon

Hanks watched "about 8 million hours" of Mister Rogers to prepare for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Hanks doesn't necessarily consider himself "a nice guy" but rather "a joyful person."

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The Season: A Social History of the Debutante, by Kristen Richardson

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Centuries Of Debutantes Dish About Being Put On Display In 'The Season'

2:54pm November 22, 2019

by Genevieve Valentine

Kristen Richardson traces the history of the practice, with firsthand accounts from diaries and letters, finding political strife, social upheaval and machinations to keep out so-called undesirables.