"The first place I learned to be funny was on the schoolyard trying to defuse this weird tension around my body, says Ian Karmel. He won an Emmy Award in 2019 for his work on James Corden's "Carpool Karaoke" special with Paul McCartney. Kenny McMillan/Penguin Random House hide caption
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'Emergency Quarters' are for pay phones (remember those?) in a new book by ‘90s kids
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The human brain is hardwired to recognize faces. But what if you can't?
The truth and lies behind one of the most banned books in America
Ferris Jabr's book Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life examines the ways life and Earth have shaped each other. Lucas Heinrich/Random House hide caption
Earth is more than a planet with life on it. It's a "living planet"
Author Jules Gill-Peterson poses next to her book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny Headshot by Kadji Amin and book cover design by Angela Lorenzo for Verso hide caption
Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on June 3. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last
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'Satchel' recalls the iconic pitcher who helped integrate Major League Baseball
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Drag queen Kyne Santos explores how math is 'beautiful' in new book 'Math in Drag'
For 'Such Kindness' novelist Andre Dubus III, chronic pain is a fact of life
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Approximately one in every three births in the U.S. occurs as the result of a C-section. Getty Images hide caption
After a traumatic C-section, journalist takes on the medicalization of birth
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Stephen King says finishing one of his stories decades after he started it felt like "calling into a canyon of time." Francois Mori/AP hide caption
Understanding the refugee experience, through a time-traveling British colonizer
Michael McDonald, 72, describes his voice as a "malleable" instrument: "Especially with age, it's like you're constantly renegotiating with it." Timothy White/Sacks & Co. hide caption
Writer Carvell Wallace on past pain and forgiveness: Letting go is 'always available'
Author Miranda July poses next to her novel, "All Fours" Elizabeth Weinberg/Amazon hide caption
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