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Author Neil Gaiman sings along to Gilbert & Sullivan.

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Neil, Gamin': The Author Is Quizzed On Gilbert & Sullivan

5:58pm April 30, 2015

When he was nine years old, Neil Gaiman won a newspaper contest about Gilbert & Sullivan. See how much he remembers about the duo's 19th century operettas...and whether he can sing his answers.

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Matthias Schoenaerts and Carey Mulligan in Far From The Madding Crowd.

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Revisiting The Melodrama Of 'Far From The Madding Crowd'

5:33pm April 30, 2015

by Ella Taylor

Carey Mulligan plays the role once occupied by Julie Christie, but her very different take may be too controlled for its own good.

This pair of Charlie Hebdo covers from 2012 pokes fun at the magazine's "irresponsible" approach to humor.

Dozens Of Writers Join Protest Of Free Speech Award For 'Charlie Hebdo'

4:13pm April 30, 2015

by Petra Mayer

Nearly 150 writers have now signed an open letter that condemns the attacks on the French satirical magazine, but questions whether it deserves a free speech prize for its willingness to offend.

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Rome's Might Meets The Arabian Nights In 'Ember In The Ashes'

3:44pm April 30, 2015

by Amal El-Mohtar

First-time novelist Sabaa Tahir creates Capital Letter Fantasy in An Ember in the Ashes, with rebel Scholars battling an ancient, brutal Empire. Critic Amal El-Mohtar calls it "frequently riveting."

Before William Faulkner became a Nobel Prize-winning novelist, he published some unsuccessful poetry.

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William Faulkner Makes Us Wonder: What's So Great About Poetry, Anyhow?

10:03am April 30, 2015

by Juan Vidal

William Faulkner — one of the great American novelists — thought of himself as a failed poet. Which made our critic Juan Vidal wonder: What is it about poetry that makes us hold it above other arts?

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Potter Daniel Johnston Displays Work In "Daniel Johnston/Hiroshi Sueyoshi: Sculptural Clay" Exhibit

9:08am April 30, 2015

by David Ford

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Louis C.K. remembers getting "really big laughs" during his third try at stand-up. "I was so excited that I had a little foot in the door," C.K. says. He's pictured above in his FX series Louie.

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Louis C.K. On Life And Stand-Up: 'I Live In Service For My Kids'

7:01pm April 29, 2015

The star of the FX series Louie talks about the pain of his first-ever open mic experience and the "massive gift" of taking care of others before himself.

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Lee's Easter-themed creation, made with an omelet, zucchini, cheese, seaweed, ketchup and red capsicum.

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These Parents Make Lovely Lunch Bag Art. Not Everyone Is Pleased

5:03pm April 29, 2015

by Tove Danovich

Elaborately illustrated napkins. Famous paintings re-created using food. Depending on your viewpoint, these lunch projects are an expression of parental love or another salvo in the parenting wars.

House of horrors: The exterior of the Cleveland house where Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were held captive.

Ohio Kidnapping Survivors Recount Captivity, Escape From Horror

4:44pm April 29, 2015

In 2013, three young women who had vanished years earlier escaped from a house where they had been held captive. Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, along with writer Mary Jordan, discuss their new memoir.

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3,600-Page Autobiographical Novel Is An Honest And Masterful 'Selfie'

3:59pm April 29, 2015

by John Powers

My Struggle is about Karl Ove Knausgaard's wrangle with his father, with death, with his muse and so on. The 46-year-old Norwegian's pointedly unliterary book has become a literary sensation.

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