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Sunday Puzzle: All over the place
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WESA listener Deborah Freedman.
NPR Arts · EN
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At a Moscow movie screening, Anthony Bourdain's Russian fixer remembers the late chef
Zamir Gotta, Anthony Bourdain's longtime fixer in Russia, remembers working with and becoming friends with the late chef.
NPR Arts · EN
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John Turturro says he likes trying new things (even pickpocketing)
Lifting wallets was part of Turturro's training for the film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. In it, he plays a small-time thief who's also the primary caretaker for his ailing wife.
NPR Arts · EN
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Best of Both Worlds: 6 Amazing Genre-Blending Graphic Novels
You won't want to set down these genre-blending graphic novels, packed with unique settings and compelling storylines.
Book Riot · EN
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10 New Romance Books to Read in November 2026
The best new romance books out in November 2026 include cozy romantasy, mafia romance, and a new witchy series from Nora Roberts.
Book Riot · EN
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Thrillers About Female Rage
Janasha Prabhu, author of Monster in the Mirror, recommends three of her favorite thrillers about female rage.
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Children’s Books about Divorce and Separation
While divorce might be a regular thing—estimates show that 40%-50% of American kids will experience the divorce or separation of their parents—it’s still a monumental change that many children will find difficult to deal with.
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Interactive and Unconventionally Structured Novels
Kwan Ann Tan, author of the interactive story The Waiter, recommends three more interactive and unconventionally structured novels.
Book Riot · EN
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Read Harder This Native American Heritage Month
This Native American Heritage Month, pick up these must-read books by Indigenous authors, including SFF, cookbooks, comics, and memoirs.
Book Riot · EN
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These BIPOC Books Are Among the Most Popular Horror Books on Libby
The most popular BIPOC horror on Libby is historical, has houses with strange spaces, and looks at the horrors of our current surveillance state.
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for November 2, 2026
Young people whose fates continue to intersect, a rollicking seaside mystery, immigrant women who shaped American food, and more of today's deals.
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I’ve Made $20,000 on eBay Selling a Dead Woman’s Stuff. Now Her Daughter Wants a Cut.
Can she do this?
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My Mom Abandoned Us When We Were Just Kids. A Month After We Each Inherited $1 Million, the Phone Rang.
Not happening.
Slate · EN
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Haley Stevens Just Did Something Unforgivable. But She’s Not the Only One Responsible for Democrats’ Michigan Mess.
Is it fair to blame Abdul El-Sayed for this mess as well?
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They Were a Key Voting Bloc Trump Made Progress With in 2024. Republicans Have Done Everything to Reverse That.
American Muslims have been asserting more and more political clout.
Slate · EN
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Slate Crossword: *All* the Words (Seven Letters)
Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Nov. 2, 2026.
Slate · EN
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Catholic Preschools Decided They Couldn’t Allow a Certain Kind of Student. The Fallout Could Change School Funding Forever.
They want to have their cake—your tax dollars—and eat it too.
Slate · EN
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Everyone hates Oxford Street. Will pedestrianisation save it?
In a few days the busiest shopping street in Europe will be closed to traffic. The hope is that an unloved and polluted thoroughfare will turn into somewhere that people actually want to spend time In February, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced that Britain’s best-known thoroughfare, Oxford Street, would be pedestrianised. To the surprise of every Londoner that I have spoken to in the past few months, it is actually happening. On Monday 26 October, the busiest shopping street in Europe – or, precisely, half of its 1.2-mile stretch – will be closed to traffic, putting an end to several
The Guardian Long Read · EN
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Why am I obsessed with China’s ancient golden age? I took my daughter on a trip to find out – podcast
I felt a duty to write about the Tang dynasty and its incredible social and cultural sophistication – but also to connect my Chinese past with my child By Xiaolu Guo. Read by Elizabeth Chan Read the text version here Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpod Continue reading...
The Guardian Long Read · EN
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Fixer, financier, spymaster: how the UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon is setting his sights on AI dominance – podcast
The Emirati royal is increasingly influential on the world stage. Some see him as a visionary. Others compare him to a Bond villain. Who is he? By Jack Shenker. Read by Selva Rasalingam Read the text version here Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpod Continue reading...
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Would you pay to have the ‘best baby’? Liberal eugenics and the troubling quest for human perfection
For decades the idea of eugenics has been taboo. Now it is returning in a new commercial guise For a very long time, I dreamed of being cured. I was born in 1981. I learned to walk early enough, but I stumbled and fell more easily than other children. My parents began to worry that something was wrong, that my muscles were weaker than they should be. Eventually, at the age of three, I was diagnosed with a form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). In the 1980s, the precise mechanics were not yet understood, but the condition was known to be hereditary, probably linked to a recessive gene. It was a
The Guardian Long Read · EN
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From the archive: The disabled villain: why sensitivity reading can’t kill off this ugly trope – podcast
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors This week, from 2023: For centuries, fictional narratives have used outer difference to telegraph inner monstrosity. As someone who uses a wheelchair, I’ve learned you can’t just edit out a few slurs or bad words to fix this – it’s often baked deep into the story Written and read by Jan Grue Read the text version here Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpod Continue reading...
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