Still from Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” In 2016, Erykah Badu performed at Chene Park, now called the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre, a beautiful, outdoor waterfront venue…
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Month: September 2020
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 22, 2020
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Channel Kindness by Born This Way Foundation Reporters with Lady Gaga. Today’s Featured Deals $1.99Tidelands by Philippa…
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 13, 2020
This edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by The Invisible Boy by Alyssa Hollingsworth, illustrated by Deborah Lee. Today’s Featured Deals $1.99Practical Magic by Alice…
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Redux: Self-Portrait as the Liberal Arts
Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine’s archive. You can have…
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Staff Picks: Monsters, Monuments, and Miranda July
Evan Rachel Wood as Old Dolio Dyne in Miranda July’s Kajillionaire. Photo courtesy of Focus Features. In California, you’re always waiting for the Big One.…
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Ramona Forever
I returned to Ramona Quimby for nostalgia. What I found was even better: a mystery. Beloved Portland, Oregon author Beverly Cleary wrote the Ramona books…
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The New DUNE Trailer Is Here!
Dune fans rejoice: the trailer for the first part of Denis Villeneuve’s Warner Bros. Dune duology is finally here. Directed by Villeneuve and with a…
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c’s Portraits on Paper
Opening next week at the Morgan Library & Museum, “David Hockney: Drawing from Life” is the first major exhibition to focus on the artist’s portraits…
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Horror Books for Middle School: 15 Spooky Titles for Middle Grade Readers
As soon as the calendar flips from summer to fall, you’ll find horror lovers reaching for chilling reads for the next couple of months. If…
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Re-Covered: An Unconventional South African Novel
In her column, Re-Covered, Lucy Scholes exhumes the out-of-print and forgotten books that shouldn’t be. This month, she examines a South African writer whose unconventional…
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