Buzz Aldrin Recalls How Easy It Was Getting To The Moon
SATELLITE BEACH, FL—Referring to the Apollo 11 spaceflight and lunar landing as a “walk in the park,” astronaut Buzz Aldrin recalled Friday the relative ease and with which he and fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins reached the moon during heir 1969 mission. “We wore special suits and so on, as I’m…
The School Bus: Is It Coming For Our Kids?
“I’d send everyone their Hogwarts rejection letters, they deserve to know!”
Pet-Peeve Erotica: “The All-Nighter”
Evan Allgood writes a humorous erotica parody involving pet peeves.
Twitter Star Jonny Sun Draws ‘Positive, Hopeful Things’ Into Being
The comedian and illustrator joined forces with Lin-Manuel Miranda for Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You. Sun says he filled the book’s 100+ drawings with peace and quiet optimism.
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Here Are The Winners Of The 2018 Kirkus Prizes
Ling Ma’s debut, Severance, won for fiction. Crown earned Derrick Barnes and Gordon James the young readers’ prize. And Rebecca Solnit’s essays, Call Them by Their True Names, won nonfiction laurels.
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The Remarkable Photos Of Lynsey Addario
The award-winning photographer tells the stories behind the profoundly moving images in her new book, Of Love & War — and confesses that she still gets nervous before a new assignment.
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Documentary Unearths America’s Rural Roots: ‘Monrovia, Indiana’
Documentarian Frederick Wiseman aims his camera at the daily rhythms of life in and around a small town — and holds his focus long enough to find something beyond media stereotypes.
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Swedish Film Cleverly Blurs The ‘Border’ Between Reality And Folklore
Tina (Eva Melander), a Swedish customs official, can smell when someone’s lying. When she meets a stranger (Eero Milonoff) who knows more about her than he’s saying, she sets out to find answers.
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