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Blitt's 2008 New Yorker cover, "Fistbump: The Politics of Fear," was inspired by the rumors that circulated about the Obamas during that year's presidential campaign.

'I'm Just Trying To Make Myself Laugh': 'New Yorker' Artist Shares His Cover Stories

4:49pm October 20, 2017

by Mary Louise Kelly

Barry Blitt's new book features some of the cartoonist's most memorable and merciless work, including his 2008 drawing of Barack and Michelle Obama fist-bumping in the Oval Office.

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Renowned American Composer And Educator Samuel Adler To Visit Winston-Salem

2:53pm October 20, 2017

by David Ford

World-renowned composer and educator Samuel Adler will be in the Triad this weekend.

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Anthony Bourdain On 'Appetites,' Washing Dishes And The Food He Still Won't Eat

1:28pm October 20, 2017

The TV host's new documentary is Wasted! The Story of Food Waste. In 2016, Bourdain spoke to Fresh Air about cooking for his young daughter: "If she's not happy, I'm not happy."

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Gabrielle Union says she thinks it's tacky to tell on your costars — but she tells many revealing stories about herself in We're Going to Need More Wine.

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Gabrielle Union Gets Real In 'We're Going To Need More Wine'

6:29am October 20, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

Union has graced screens big and small since the '90s. Now she's written a frank, funny essay collection that's not just a celebrity tell-all (though she does dish on Heath Ledger's dreaminess).

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'Still Alice' Author: In The Absence Of A Cure, Empathy Is Key

5:50am October 20, 2017

by Bethany Chafin

Author Lisa Genova takes her readers into the minds of other people.

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The Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Public Library and New York Public Library are offering a one-day-only unconditional amnesty to everyone age 17 and under who has been charged late fees.

Amnesty For Little Book Lovers: New York City Libraries Shelve Kids' Late Fees

6:51pm October 19, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

On Thursday, the city's public library systems are forgiving fines on overdue materials checked out by readers age 17 and under, reopening library doors to young readers once blocked by unpaid fees.

New Book Argues A Theory In Policing Is To Blame For Eric Garner's Death

4:17pm October 19, 2017

Eric Garner was killed by the police in New York City in 2014. His final words were, "I can't breathe." A book by journalist Matt Taibbi argues that "Broken Windows" is to blame for Garner's death.

The Book That Changed The Borders

3:40pm October 19, 2017

On this show, we show how the book "Borderlands" has been integrated into the Chicana and feminist literary canon.

The teen protagonist in John Green's latest novel, Turtles All The Way Down, has a type of anxiety disorder that sends her into fearful "thought spirals" of bacterial infection and death.

For Novelist John Green, OCD Is Like An 'Invasive Weed' Inside His Mind

2:47pm October 19, 2017

by Terry Gross

"It starts out with one little thought, and then slowly that becomes the only thought that you're able to have," Green says. His new novel, Turtles All The Way Down, is about a teenage girl with OCD.

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Author Philip Pullman poses with his new book at Oxford's Bodleian Libraries — where he has been known to do research.

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Philip Pullman's Realm Of Poetry And Inspiration

10:19am October 19, 2017

by Annalisa Quinn

Pullman — author of the beloved His Dark Materials trilogy — says poet William Blake's idea of mystical multiple vision, of different ways of seeing, is "absolutely central" to his new book.