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New story on NPR: Hollywood strikes may cause the Emmys to delay its planned September broadcast https://ift.tt/OAZNksd

New story on NPR: What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing https://ift.tt/dhcUzEB

New story on NPR: The dreams and disappointments of India's Barbie https://ift.tt/lfjc0JM

Her books explored psychoanalytic theories and a range of other topics, including the enduring popularity of a Julia Roberts movie.

New story on NPR: A pediatric neurosurgeon reflects on his intense job, and the post-Roe landscape https://ift.tt/8w0Maib

Jennifer Szalai discusses recent books about natural history, and Jeff Goodell talks about his new climate change book, “The Heat Will Kill You First.”

“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.”

Her research proved that a 19th-century book presumed to be a novel by a white woman was actually an autobiography by a formerly enslaved Black woman.

Novels from Ann Patchett and James McBride, a biography of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong and a handful of edgy thrillers — including one about a scuba driver swallowed by a whale.

New story on NPR: The 75th Emmy Awards show has been postponed https://ift.tt/TplZitR

From a house haunted by phantom children to younger siblings haunted by sexual trauma, three new novels feature protagonists struggling to be or raise kids.

John Adams reviews “Schoenberg: Why He Matters,” in which Harvey Sachs explores the artistic, academic and spiritual life of a 20th-century cultural giant.

Novels from Ann Patchett and James McBride, a biography of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong and a handful of edgy thrillers — including one about a scuba driver swallowed by a whale.

These novels remind us of old-fashioned human connections that can’t be severed, for better or worse.

Three recent audiobooks feature authors narrating their own personal stories, directly into your ear.

“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.”

New story on NPR: We promise this week's NPR news quiz isn't ALL about 'Barbie' https://ift.tt/eo5pf8V