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Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning, by Philip Kennicott NPR hide caption
Just five books have been named finalists for the 2020 Aspen Words Literary Prize: Patsy, by Nicole Dennis-Benn; Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli; Lot, by Bryan Washington; Opioid, Indiana, by Brian Allen Carr; and The Beekeeper of Aleppo, by Christy Lefteri. Courtesy of the Aspen Words Literary Prize hide caption
Noah Centineo and Lana Condor star in the Netflix adaptation of the young adult novel To All The Boys I've Loved Before. Netflix hide caption
David Alan Grier as Sergeant Vernon C. Waters, Blair Underwood as Captain Richard Davenport and Billy Eugene Jones as Private James Wilkie in A Soldier's Play. Joan Marcus hide caption
A view of the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, on July 8, 2019. Michael Probst/AP hide caption
Uber headquarters in San Francisco on March 1, 2017. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology — known as The Penn Museum — has hired refugees and immigrants from the Middle East, Africa and Central America as part of their "Global Guides" program. Moumena Saradar, who is originally from Syria, stands next to the wedding jewelry and headdress of Queen Puabi, her favorite part of the Middle East gallery. Cameron Pollack for NPR hide caption
In this March 2, 1995 file photo, Word of Faith Fellowship church leader Jane Whaley talks to members of the media, accompanied by her husband, Sam, in Spindale, N.C. Chuck Burton/AP hide caption
Word Of Faith's Pattern Of Abuse 'Got Worse Over Time,' Says 'Broken Faith' Author
John Trumbull's painting The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Peter Salem is thought to be the figure in the lower right. From the Boston Museum of Fine Arts hide caption
'Black Patriots' Were Heroes Of The Revolution — But Not The History Books
Podcaster Leon Neyfakh leads you through some of Watergate's lesser-known twists and turns on the EPIX series Slow Burn. Cara Howe/Epix hide caption
The Only Child, by Mie-Ae Seo Ecco hide caption
Two images from Janelle Lynch's photo book "Another Way of Looking at Love" Janelle Lynch / Flowers Gallery hide caption
Brooke Simpson, age 10, makes a turkey call on stage at the Grand National Calling Championships in Nashville on Feb. 14. Emily Siner/WPLN hide caption
At The 'Super Bowl Of Turkey Calling,' The Goal Is Recruiting New Hunters
Break-Ups And Throw-Ups: What It's Like To Work At A Restaurant On Valentine's Day
Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star in the new dark comedy Downhill. Fox Searchlight Pictures hide caption
In 'Downhill,' Julia Louis-Dreyfus And Will Ferrell Are 'Not Here To Play It Safe'
Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) get a full reboot in Cathy Yan's Birds of Prey. Warner Bros. Pictures/ & © DC Comics hide caption
Michael (LaKeith Stanfield) and Mae (Issa Rae) look picture-perfect in The Photograph. Universal Pictures hide caption
Kathy (Judy Greer) looks concerned, a thing Judy Greer does a lot in movies, in Buffaloed. Magnolia Pictures hide caption
He has a very particular set of coping skills: Tom (Liam Neeson) and Joan (Lesley Manville) face her cancer diagnosis together in Ordinary Love. Bleecker Street hide caption
The FBI building in downtown Washington, D.C. — Utah Sen. Mike Lee describes it as looking like "an abandoned set from The Hunger Games." ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption