Book excerpt: "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi
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Book excerpt: "Homeland Elegies" by Ayad Akhtar
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Tributes pour in for actor Chadwick Boseman, who has died at 43
The "Black Panther" star died Friday at 43 after a private battle with colon cancer.
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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom welcome baby girl
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Multiple teams boycott games to protest Jacob Blake shooting
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Stars attending VMAs can skip New York's 14-day quarantine
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Rachel Brosnahan "sleeps out" to raise money for homeless youth
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Vanna White, a woman of letters
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