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Caleb Carr and his cat Masha pictured at the author’s home in Cherry Plain, N.Y.
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Some of the items offered in Fadi Kattan’s new cookbook Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food
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Chef Fadi Kattan’s new cookbook is ‘Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food’
Stephen King says finishing one of his stories decades after he started it felt like “calling into a canyon of time.”
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Stephen King’s new story took him 45 years to write
Understanding the refugee experience, through a time-traveling British colonizer
Author Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos was named this year’s winner of the International Booker Prize.
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A German novel about a tortured love affair wins 2024 International Booker Prize
Kristen Wiig plays a former pageant queen in Palm Royale.
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Years ago, a psychic told Kristen Wiig to move to LA. She left the next day
Michael McDonald, 72, describes his voice as a “malleable” instrument: “Especially with age, it’s like you’re constantly renegotiating with it.”
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With age and sobriety, Michael McDonald is ready to get personal
