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An Author Addresses A Young Santa Skeptic — Her Daughter

8:11am December 23, 2017

by Scott Simon

Martha Brockenbrough's new children's book Love, Santa answers potentially delicate questions. "This source of magic that so enraptures us around this time of year — well, it's us," she says.

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Just Trust Me: In Praise Of Strange Books

7:00am December 23, 2017

by Victoria Schwab

Author Victoria Schwab says she loves the books that can't be categorized, that fall between library-shelf categories, and that spark passionate debate among readers who either love them or hate them.

Jim Carrey stars as the title character the 2000 version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

Heart 2 Sizes Too Small? Mr. Grinch, See Your Cardiologist

4:34pm December 22, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

Not many patients have a heart that grows three sizes in a day. Cardiologist David Kass ponders what could have caused the Grinch's abrupt change of heart in the classic holiday story.

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The 25th Anniversary Of David Sedaris Reading 'Santaland Diaries'

4:55am December 22, 2017

by David Sedaris

Before he became a best-selling writer and humorist, David Sedaris worked as a department store elf. We bring you the 25th anniversary of David Sedaris reading from his essay "Santaland Diaries."

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Comes To Forsyth County

4:45pm December 20, 2017

by Bethany Chafin

An expanded initiative will provide free books for young children across North Carolina.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Our Hanukkah Special

6:01am December 20, 2017

by Linda Holmes

While you may have wrapped up your Hanukkah celebrations, we wanted to share a conversation about the role that Hanukkah plays for kids and adults, and some of the pop culture that surrounds it.

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How Battles Over Sex, Gender And Sexual Orientation 'Fractured American Politics'

1:39pm December 19, 2017

Moral Combat author R. Marie Griffith says the fight for women's suffrage and legal birth control in the early 20th century helped create a political divide in the U.S. that still exists today.

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3 Books That Capture America In Poetry

9:27am December 19, 2017

Poetry reviewer Tess Taylor shares three collections she says speak to different slices of American life in a way that reminds her of Walt Whitman.

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Bitch Planet: Triple Feature Vol. 1 By Kelly Sue DeConnick,‎ Cheryl Lynn Eaton,‎ Andrew Aydin,‎ and Conley Lyons.

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Return To 'B Planet' In this Timely New Anthology

7:00am December 19, 2017

by Etelka Lehoczky

In Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, creators Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro turn a score of talented writers and artists loose in the world of their futuristic feminist dystopia comic.

Why Teens Find The End Of The World So Appealing

4:14pm December 18, 2017

by Elissa Nadworny

Dystopian novels are all about consequences, choices and grey areas. And psychologists say that plays right into the sweet spot of the developing teenage brain.