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Climate Change Journalist Warns: 'Mother Nature Is Playing By Different Rules Now'
Dan Brown Pits Creationism Against Science In His Latest Novel, 'Origin'
Philip Pullman Returns To The Dark Materials Universe In A New Prequel — Er, 'Equel'
Kirkus Changes Review After 'American Heart' Draws Outrage As 'White Savior Narrative'
Anthony Bourdain On 'Appetites,' Washing Dishes And The Food He Still Won't Eat
Blitt's 2008 New Yorker cover, "Fistbump: The Politics of Fear," was inspired by the rumors that circulated about the Obamas during that year's presidential campaign. The New Yorker via bado-badosblog.blogspot.com hide caption
'I'm Just Trying To Make Myself Laugh': 'New Yorker' Artist Shares His Cover Stories
New Book Argues A Theory In Policing Is To Blame For Eric Garner's Death
The teen protagonist in John Green's latest novel, Turtles All The Way Down, has a type of anxiety disorder that sends her into fearful "thought spirals" of bacterial infection and death. Jennifer Kerrigan hide caption
For Novelist John Green, OCD Is Like An 'Invasive Weed' Inside His Mind
Actor Tom Hanks attends the premier of Larry Crowne at the Westfield Shopping Centre in London. Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
'I Am Full Of Contradictions': Novelist Amy Tan On Fate And Family
Sleep Scientist Warns Against Walking Through Life 'In An Underslept State'
Amy Tan (pictured with her family in 1959) found startling information about her parents while sifting through a treasure trove of family papers. Courtesy of Amy Tan hide caption
Amy Tan Revisits The Roots Of Her Writing Career In 'Where The Past Begins'
