Month: October 2025

This year’s short list features novelists Rabih Alameddine and Megha Majumdar as well as five first-time nominees for nonfiction, including journalists Omar El Akkad and Julia Ioffe.

In addition to Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket, this week’s releases include a new memoir from Dopesick author Beth Macy, and a coming-of-age story from former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo.

Some simple tools to help you stop swearing, make sourdough, build a tiny house, and more!

NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Mayci Neeley of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives about how her traumatic college days have shaped her relationship with her religion.

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Limón’s work documents everything from kingfisher birds to the cosmos itself. “I’m embracing my strangeness,” she says of her poetry. Her new collection is Startlement.

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CBS’ parent company is buying The Free Press and installing Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

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Taylor Swift fans flocked to theaters this weekend to see a promotional film celebrating her new album. The movie grossed an estimated $46 million globally in its limited three-day run.

NPR’s Bob Mondello and Marc Rivers join host Andrew Limbong to talk about Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film and other films that reflect the politics and tensions of our time.

Bad Bunny returned to SNL as a host for the second time, and the musician addressed criticism over his upcoming Super Bowl performance.

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