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Monday

Protesters gathered earlier this month outside Stockholm's Old Stock Exchange building, where the Swedish Academy meets. Demonstrators showed support for resigned Permanent Secretary Sara Danius by wearing her hallmark tied blouse. Fredrik Persson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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A Weird-But-True Story Takes Flight In 'The Feather Thief'

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Alex Wagner is a contributor to CBS News and The Atlantic Magazine. Sam Kass/Random House hide caption

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A Journalist Seeks Out Her Roots, But Finds Few Answers In The Soil

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April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate NPR's Morning Edition wants you to share a couplet about teamwork. Justin Pumfrey/Getty Images/Caiaimage hide caption

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Write A Poem About Your Team, On Or Off The Court

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Sunday

Former Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., served in Congress from 2001-2017. He is pictured here in 2014. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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A Bill To Make Every American Bear Arms, In The Novel 'Big Guns'

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While in the process of a major renovation, the museum in Southern France dedicated to artist Étienne Terrus — whose self-portrait at the museum appears here — discovered that 82 of its paintings are fakes. Raymond Roig/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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French Museum Discovers More Than Half Its Collection Is Forged

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In 'Emergency Contact,' Finding A Safe Space In Texts

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Theron says she loved the script for Tully because it felt like an "honest conversation" about parenting. Kimberly French/Focus Features hide caption

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'Tully Gets It': Charlize Theron Wants An Honest Conversation About Motherhood

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Francis in front of the White House, shortly after immigrating to the U.S. in the 1970s. Courtesy of Christopher Francis hide caption

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How A Half-Hour In A U.S. Embassy Changed A Life

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Saturday

A sign is posted at the entrance checkpoint for the Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert in 2000. The festival's co-founder, Larry Harvey, died on Saturday at 70 after suffering a massive stroke. Hector Mata/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Not My Job: We Quiz H. Jon Benjamin, Voice Of 'Archer,' On Archery

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Jake Tapper is CNN's chief Washington correspondent and the host of The Lead and State of the Union. His novel, The Hellfire Club, is set in 1954 Washington, D.C. Corey Nickols/Getty Images for Pizza Hut hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: CNN's Jake Tapper; Poet Gregory Pardlo

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