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'Crazy Rich Asians' spurs conversation over representation

'Crazy Rich Asians' spurs conversation over representation

Some are critical of a story centered on a specific subset of the already well-represented Chinese-Singaporeans who make up the majority of Singapore's population.
by The Associated Press

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Source: Aretha Franklin is seriously ill

Source: Aretha Franklin is seriously ill

The Queen of Soul canceled planned concerts earlier this year after she was ordered by her doctor to stay off the road and rest up. Last year, the 76-year-old icon announced her plans to retire, saying she would perform at "some select things."
by The Associated Press

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'Baghdad Noir' presents a city of diverse experiences

'Baghdad Noir' presents a city of diverse experiences

Akashic Books' "Noir" series visits Baghdad for its latest installment, and the talented writers collected here manage to wrest compelling noir from a place that's plenty dark already.
by Bethanne Patrick

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'The Line That Held Us': Noir in Appalachia

'The Line That Held Us': Noir in Appalachia

Novelist David Joy, whose books chronicle the rural, working-class South of his own milieu, has penned a new book where a hunting accident triggers a thriller of violent vengeance.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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Like 'Goosebumps?' Here's another 30 years' worth of horror for kids

Like 'Goosebumps?' Here's another 30 years' worth of horror for kids

From the late '60s to the rise of Harry Potter in the late '90s, horror fiction had a hold on young readers, and there was something to scare everyone, from realistic thrillers to possessed dummies.
by Grady Hendrix

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Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85

Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85

V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his London home, his family said.
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Music brings together Minnesota Orchestra musicians, South African students

Music brings together Minnesota Orchestra musicians, South African students

It may have been Saturday morning, but hundreds of students, teachers and parents crammed into the Eurocon Primary School just outside Cape Town, South Africa, to welcome members of the Minnesota Orchestra.
by Euan Kerr

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Graceful 'Court Dancer' can't escape her sorrows

Graceful 'Court Dancer' can't escape her sorrows

Kyung-Sook Shin's atmospheric, tragic novel follows a beautiful orphan whose dancing skills secure her a place at the Korean court, and later a life in Belle Epoque France -- but not happiness.
by Jean Zimmerman

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