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Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet in 2019'sLittle Women, written and directed by Greta Gerwig. Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamyhide caption
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Best Book to Movie Adaptations
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Dorothy Roberts (left) is the George A. Weiss university professor of law & sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her parents, Robert and Iris, married in the 1950s. Cris Crisman/Simon & Schuster; Dorothy Robertshide caption
FA: Dorothy Roberts, Mixed Marriage
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FA: Book Review: Dizzy, by Rachel Weaver
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FA: Gabriel Sherman, Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dyn
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Picture This: The One About the Blackbird
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FA: Book Review: Vigil, by George Saunders
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Brooke Nevils is a former producer for theToday Show. Beowulf Sheehan/Penguin Random Househide caption
FA: Brooke Nevils. Brooke Nevils. She was a producer at Today, working with Matt Lauer when, she say
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Fantasy Romance novels are taking over the bookshelves. Getty Images/Getty Imageshide caption
Yes, romance & fantasy novels are political.
How do romantic tropes and fantasies impact how you understand politics?
Yes, romance novels are political too.
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Fireworks, by Matthew Burgess and illustrated by Cátia Chien has won the Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children, andAll the Blues in the Sky, written by Renée Watson has been awarded the Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature. Clarion Books; Bloomsbury Children’s Bookshide caption
Tucker Carlson attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and oil executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9, 2026. Alex Brandon/AP Photohide caption
Jonathan Haidt's 2024 bookThe Anxious Generation made the case that smartphones and social media had "rewired" kids' brains. His new book,The Amazing Generation,is a collaboration with science journalist Catherine Price and graphic novelist Cynthia Yuan Cheng.Rocky Pond Bookshide caption
A woman walks through a snowy street in Manchester in 1939. Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Imageshide caption
Quiara Alegría Hudes won the Pulitzer Prize for her playWater by the Spoonful. Emma Pratte/Random Househide caption
FA: Book Review: Even the Dead
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Your Truck is the latest board book from Jon Klassen. Jon Klassen/Candlewick Presshide caption
These books for young kids are about what it feels like to own something
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Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet, novelist and visual artist. Andres Kudacki/APhide caption
FA: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
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Booker Prize-winning novelist Julian Barnes turns 80 on Monday and has been very busy. "I can't remember a period of months when there's been so much going on," he says. He's pictured above in London in 2017. Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images Europehide caption























