Month: April 2026

I think it’s best that I stay here cradling these baby squirrels. That’s pretty much all I’m capable of doing right now.

The books we’re spotlighting this month don’t exactly radiate escapist good vibes — but they do offer the opportunity to step into someone else’s life and get to know their view of our shared world.

In 2020, Annabelle Gurwitch went to urgent care for a COVID-19 test and learned she had cancer. She writes about life as a “cancer slacker” in her memoir, The End of My Life is Killing Me.

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A tortured Oslo police detective may be on the trail of a psycho killer in this genuinely suspenseful screen adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s The Devil’s Star.

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The Testaments, a spinoff of The Handmaid’s Tale.’/>

From dystopian drama to Silicon Valley satire, a wave of buzzy new series — and a few big finales — arrives all at once.

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Known for his ruthless celebrity roasts, Ross turns inward in his Netflix special, Take a Banana for the Ride, which details the loss of his parents and grandfather.

If one of your friends is studying to be a therapist, it’s your wife and she’s thinking of leaving you.

A man who was trying to support his daughter with an undiagnosed disorder received praise from a stranger. He said it changed their life.

A video game has captured kids’ attentions. It’s called Five Nights at Epstein’s — and the goal is to survive multiple nights on Jeffrey Epstein’s island unscathed.

Hall’s late-night show gave hip-hop a home on TV and helped propel Bill Clinton to the White House. “I wanted to do this show that didn’t exist when I was a kid,” he says. Hall’s memoir is Arsenio.

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