"Daddy Dressed Me" Founder On Teaching Himself To Sew For His Daughter

Michael Gardner was looking for a creative way to bond with his daughter, Ava. 200 outfits later, his project has become a campaign encouraging dads to bond with their kids through fashion.

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Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe's 'One Life' Is Mostly A Call To Action

Rapinoe's book traces her own political awakening in the hopes that other people will follow in her footsteps and understand that they have an imperative to speak out about injustice in the world.

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Musicians From Mali Offer Advice On Getting Through Hard Times

Facing a pandemic lockdown, huge political upheavals and ongoing uncertainty about the future, musicians including Oumou Sangare and Songhoy Blues offer lessons in creativity and optimism.

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The Cider-Sipping, Mitten-Wearing Guide To 2020 Holiday Movies

We've got the goods on a large number of movies coming to cable and streaming over the holiday season, complete with notes to help you find the ones that are right up your alley.

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Rediscovering 'Cher Ami' And The Lost Battalion: Questions For Kathleen Rooney

Kathleen Rooney's new novel follows an unlikely subject: Cher Ami, the once-famous homing pigeon who helped save a trapped battalion during World War I, and the officer who owed his life to her.

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Small Gifts and Stocking Stuffers

I’m constantly looking for small gifts that work for an Advent Countdown or Tooth Fairy. I like little toys that can be collected or stored together, especially toys that have a classic or vintage feel. I also don’t want things my kids will play for five minutes and quickly end up in the garbage. I keep a stash of these types of toys and prizes in my closet and am surprised how often they save me in a pinch. (On top of a birthday present, as a reward to honor a special day, and I’ve even wrapped several of them up as a big present–when I forgot to buy a birthday gift for their friend’s birthday party.) They are usually inexpensive and come in multiples so the key is to buy a stash then keep them hidden and locked up so they feel like a new surprise. Since we’re heading into the holiday season I thought I would do a round up. (Candy is easy to add so I kept this round up to strictly non-food items.) Click on each item below for the post or see these ideas and more in our OHD Stocking Stuffer section.

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Exclusive: Brit Bennett, Yaa Gyasi Among Contenders For Aspen Words Literary Prize

Aspen Words — part of the Aspen Institute — has announced the longlist for this year's Aspen Words Literary Prize. The $35,000 award recognizes fiction that "illuminates a vital contemporary issue."

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In 'Wintering,' Katherine May Encourages 'The Active Acceptance Of Sadness'

The British author writes beautifully of her own recent bout with a personal winter, a period when she felt low and overwhelmed — and aims to help others to embrace their winters.

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Mariah Carey's Memoir Is Further Proof: She Has A Gift For Storytelling

The hitmaker, now celebrating 30 years into her career, has released a memoir — The Meaning of Mariah Carey — as detailed and entertaining as her songs.

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What Is The End Of An Era? 'Jeopardy!' Host Alex Trebek Dies At 80

"I love spending time with bright people," said the longtime game show host. Trebek began hosting the trivia show in 1984 and continued for nearly four decades, even through bouts of chemotherapy.

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Meena Kandasamy Claims Space For Herself In 'Exquisite Cadavers'

Meena Kandasamy's new novel is ostensibly about a married couple in London dealing with storms both intimate and geopolitical — but the writer also manages to work her own story into the margins.

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'Moonbase 8' Scrubs The Mission

The Showtime comedy series about three NASA astronauts-in-training at a mock moonbase in the desert vibrates on its own singular wavelength, but never generates laughs.

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60 Years Later, Ruby Bridges Tells Her Story In 'This Is Your Time'

Bridges was the little girl depicted in that famous Norman Rockwell painting — the first Black student at her New Orleans elementary school. Now, she's written a book to tell kids her story.

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Not My Job: We Quiz A'ja Wilson, The WNBA's MVP, On The DMV

We've invited the 2020 WNBA MVP to play a game called "Please take a number and stand in line." Three questions for a basketball MVP about the DMV.

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If You Could Administer 'Instant Karma,' What Would You Do?

Marissa Meyer's new novel follows a girl who — after a karaoke rendition of John Lennon's "Instant Karma" and a blow to the head — develops the ability to visit swift retribution on wrongdoers.

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We Talk 'Queen's Gambit' With Chess Expert And Tiny Desk Winner Linda Diaz

Linda Diaz, who won this year's Tiny Desk Contest at NPR Music, is a chess expert an international chess champion. She sat down to talk with us about the Netflix series The Queen's Gambit.

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The BlackSon And BlackCity Are Generating 'Free Power'

After his older brother helped The BlackSon get his artistic career underway, the pair now find themselves living in a new "city."

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The Songwriting Success Of Singing Rapper Tim Gent And Rapping Singer Bryant Taylorr

The pair have found and are maintaining a place for themselves in the professional songwriting world of Nashville.

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A.B. Eastwood's Ever-Expanding Beat

The autodidact producer spent time learning in Florida, before returning to Nashville with a vision for elevating the entire city.

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Hip-Hop In Nashville Is Making Its Own Way

Rap from Nashville isn't new, nor is the city's tendency to overlook the creators and entrepreneurs behind that music – despite country artists borrowing liberally from the genre over the past decade.

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