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Saturday

Not My Job: Will Arnett Of 'BoJack Horseman' Gets Quizzed On Boat Jacks
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Not My Job: Will Arnett Of 'BoJack Horseman' Gets Quizzed On Boat Jacks

Will Arnett just finished his sixth and final season playing the lead horse in an animated Netflix series about a former sitcom star struggling with depression.

Not My Job: Will Arnett Of 'BoJack Horseman' Gets Quizzed On Boat Jacks

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Louise Erdrich's Grandfather Inspired Her New 'Night Watchman'
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Louise Erdrich's Grandfather Inspired Her New 'Night Watchman'

Erdrich's new novel, set in the 1950s, follows a Native American tribe fighting for their rights as the U.S. Congress prepares to terminate their nation-to-nation treaties and land ownership rights.

Louise Erdrich's Grandfather Inspired Her New 'Night Watchman'

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James McBride's Advice For New Writers: 'A Simple Story Is The Best Story'

James McBride is also the author of The Color of Water and won the National Book Award for Fiction for The Good Lord Bird. He's shown above in Paris on Sept. 23, 2015. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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James McBride's Advice For New Writers: 'A Simple Story Is The Best Story'

The National Book Award-winning author has a new novel called Deacon King Kong. It's set in a Brooklyn housing project in 1969. "Time and place is really crucial to good storytelling," he says.

James McBride's Advice For New Writers: 'A Simple Story Is The Best Story'

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Friday

Television

Aidy Bryant On 'Shrill,' 'SNL' Thrills, And Not Feeling Bad About Her Body

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Bryant co-writes and stars in the comedy series Shrill. Now in its second season on Hulu, it's based on Lindy West's book about identifying as fat and a feminist. Originally broadcast March 14, 2019.

Aidy Bryant On 'Shrill,' 'SNL' Thrills, And Not Feeling Bad About Her Body

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Dystopian Novel 'The Resisters' Drives Home The Perils Of Our Wired World

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Dystopian Novel 'The Resisters' Drives Home The Perils Of Our Wired World

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Gish Jen weaves baseball into her inspired vision of how Americans bought into the fantasy of less stress and more free time. As speculative fiction goes, The Resisters hits close to the bone.

Dystopian Novel 'The Resisters' Drives Home The Perils Of Our Wired World

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We Did It, You Guys, We Watched 'Love Is Blind'

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We Did It, You Guys, We Watched 'Love Is Blind'

The Netflix plan to take over television has extended to dating shows for a while. But perhaps they've never made one so weird, so baffling, so cringe-inducingly embarrassing for everyone involved as Love Is Blind. And you probably know someone who's watching it. In this series they insist on calling an experiment, couples sit in separate cells that they call pods, where they can hear each other but not see each other. And once they've had a conversation or two, if they're getting along, they get engaged. And only then do they meet. Will any of them make it to the altar?

We Did It, You Guys, We Watched 'Love Is Blind'

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Thursday

Get A Glimpse Of Labor, Leisure And Everyday Life In Paris' Belle Époque

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Get A Glimpse Of Labor, Leisure And Everyday Life In Paris' Belle Époque

In the decades before World War I, French artists began painting scenes of ordinary life — on the street, at work, at home, in clubs and cafes. Their work elevated common acts into fine art.

Get A Glimpse Of Labor, Leisure And Everyday Life In Paris' Belle Époque

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Wednesday

Television

'Outsider' Actor Ben Mendelsohn On Australian Machismo And Mastering Accents

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In the HBO series, which was adapted from Stephen King's novel, the Australian actor plays a detective trying to solve a murder — and resisting the idea that the killer may be a supernatural entity.

'Outsider' Actor Ben Mendelsohn On Australian Machismo And Mastering Accents

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