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New story on NPR: Hollywood strikes may cause the Emmys to delay its planned September broadcast https://ift.tt/OAZNksd

NPR News: What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Barbie, Praise Petey, and the musical legacy of Sinéad O'Connor.

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NPR News: The dreams and disappointments of India's Barbie The doll is very popular. But an Indian version of a dark-haired, sari-clad Barbie was not a big seller. And one woman has written a poem about what it felt like to grow up unable to afford a Barbie.

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Mari Ruti, Scholar of Gender, Sexuality and More, Dies at 59

Her books explored psychoanalytic theories and a range of other topics, including the enduring popularity of a Julia Roberts movie.

NPR News: A pediatric neurosurgeon reflects on his intense job, and the post-Roe landscape Jay Wellons has operated on kids' brains and spinal cords. He writes about the anguish of losing a patient and the exhilaration of saving a life in All That Moves Us. Originally broadcast July 2022.

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Why Is It So Darn Hot?

Jennifer Szalai discusses recent books about natural history, and Jeff Goodell talks about his new climate change book, “The Heat Will Kill You First.”

Late to the Reading Circle

“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.”

Jean Fagan Yellin, Who Uncovered a Slavery Tale’s True Author, Dies at 92

Her research proved that a 19th-century book presumed to be a novel by a white woman was actually an autobiography by a formerly enslaved Black woman.

14 New Books Coming in August

Novels from Ann Patchett and James McBride, a biography of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong and a handful of edgy thrillers — including one about a scuba driver swallowed by a whale.

NPR News: The 75th Emmy Awards show has been postponed The ceremony, scheduled for Sept. 18, has been cancelled due to the writers and actors' strikes. This year's nominees include Succession and Ted Lasso.

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Three Debuts Explore the Trials — and Horrors — of Growing Up

From a house haunted by phantom children to younger siblings haunted by sexual trauma, three new novels feature protagonists struggling to be or raise kids.

Make It New and Difficult: The Music of Arnold Schoenberg

John Adams reviews “Schoenberg: Why He Matters,” in which Harvey Sachs explores the artistic, academic and spiritual life of a 20th-century cultural giant.

14 New Books Coming in August

Novels from Ann Patchett and James McBride, a biography of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong and a handful of edgy thrillers — including one about a scuba driver swallowed by a whale.

Big Personalities, Small Towns and Rules Made to Be Broken

These novels remind us of old-fashioned human connections that can’t be severed, for better or worse.

From a Death Investigator to Elliot Page, Memoirists Reading Their Own Words

Three recent audiobooks feature authors narrating their own personal stories, directly into your ear.

Late to the Reading Circle

“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.”

NPR News: We promise this week's NPR news quiz isn't ALL about 'Barbie' Other things happened this week besides Barbenheimer. There are also questions about Twitter, Hunter Biden, and animals that continue to evade capture.

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