Here are the finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards
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Three-time National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat and debut novelist Morgan Thomas are up for the fiction prize. Nonfiction books cov...
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
NPR Topics: Culture
NPR Topics: Culture
'Avengers: Endgame' takes the box office crown back from 'Avatar'
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Avengers: Endgame. '/> Endgame and Avatar have been jockeying for the title for years now. (Image credit: Marvel Studios) from NPR ...
NPR Topics: Culture
NPR Topics: Culture
A history of presidents naming things after themselves (It's short. They rarely do)
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While Trump pushes to get his name on the Kennedy Center and other public sites, history shows that sitting presidents have almost always av...
NPR Topics: Culture
NPR Topics: Culture
New Hollywood era begins with an epic mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros.
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The Paramount and Warner Bros. merger has survived court challenges, public protests and regulatory scrutiny. Now, the Hollywood heavyweight...
Monday, 5 October 2026
NPR Topics: Culture
NPR Topics: Culture
Michael Douglas on life in the limelight: 'Being yourself on screen is not easy'
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Douglas grew up in the shadow of his famous father, Kirk, before establishing himself as an Oscar-winning actor and producer. In One Helluva...
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Daily Morning Awesomeness
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Ayad Akhtar's 'The Radiance' addresses provocative subjects head-on
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Like his previous work, including Homeland Elegies, The Radiance exposes the fissures of American racial, political and economic identity....
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