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Why 'Ruby Tuesday' was the hit side in the U.S.

Why 'Ruby Tuesday' was the hit side in the U.S.

The song was actually released as the B-side of the single. The A-side "Let's Spend the Night Together" was a top five hit in Great Britain, but many American radio stations thought the song was too risque to play on the air.

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A middle-aged coming of age in 'All Grown Up'

A middle-aged coming of age in 'All Grown Up'

Novelist Jami Attenberg tells the story of Andrea Bern -- a failed artist who, as she turns 40, is seeking a path to personal and professional happiness.
by Mary Louise Kelly

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An unnerving thriller that will stick with you for weeks

An unnerving thriller that will stick with you for weeks

"It's a literary novel and it's a horror novel at the same time," said bookstore owner Michael Herrmann.
by Tracy Mumford

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Writing past the white gaze as a black author

"I wanted my characters to be respectable," LJ Alonge writes. "I wanted them to somehow escape the judgement they'd get for just being, the same kind of judgement I've gotten for just being..."
by LJ Alonge

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Paula Fox, prize winning author, dead at 93

She created high art out of imagined chaos in such novels as "Poor George" and "Desperate Characters" and out of the real-life upheavals in her memoir "Borrowed Finery."
by Associated Press

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Former President Bush says SNL impressions never bothered him a bit

Former President Bush says SNL impressions never bothered him a bit

"The best humor is when you make fun of yourself," George W. Bush said on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday night. President Trump regularly dismisses the satirical jabs aimed at his administration.

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Chicago band the Buckinghams were No. 1 50 years ago

They formed on the north side of Chicago and got their first break in 1965 when they appeared in 13 episodes of a program called "All Time Hits Show," which was broadcast on WGN-TV.

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Guillermo del Toro's house of curios

Guillermo del Toro's house of curios

A new show at the Minneapolis Institute of Art showcases some creepy and strange objects from the home of the man who directed movies like "Hellboy" and Pan's Labyrinth."
by Euan Kerr

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