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| Jul 8, 2026 | Hanif Abdurraqib Named Indie Bookstore Ambassador | Hanif Abdurraqib, 2026 Indie Bookstore Ambassador
Abdurraqib to celebrate independent bookstores through year-round advocacy and key campaigns.
I believe indie booksellers are masters of close attention, and the benefit of that close attent... |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Longmont stores will mark Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Longmont book shops will celebrate the joy of reading during national Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday.
On Main Street, Composition Shop at 356 Main St. will host a party from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m... |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Independent Bookstore Day To Break Record with 2,000+ Stores Participating Nationwide | Independent Bookstore Day. Saturday, April 25, 2026
The 13th annual event, happening Saturday, April 25, marks the largest celebration yet, spanning independent bookstores in every US state and territory.
Independent bookstores are turning ... |
| Apr 8, 2026 | The American Booksellers Association Announces the Winners of the Indies Choice Book Awards | Indies Choice Book Awards logo
Indies Choice Book Awards
Awards honor books from seven categories, all chosen by independent booksellers
These incredible books entertained, challenged, celebrated, and stirred us last year, and they inspired... |
| Mar 12, 2026 | The American Booksellers Association Announces the Indies Choice Book Awards Shortlist | Indies Choice Book Awards logo
Indies Choice Book Awards
Awards to honor books from seven categories, all chosen by independent booksellers
The Indies Choice Book Awards are a celebration of what makes independent bookstores so vital to the... |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Love, Ink & Numbers Is the Romantic Comedy Readers Didn't Know They Needed | Love, Ink & Numbers
Debut author Halle Li's cross-cultural rom-com delivers heart, heat, and a whole lot of mahjong
LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Love, Ink & Numbers is redefining modern romance with a heartfe... |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Trevor Noah Named 2024–2025 Indie Bookstore Ambassador | Trevor Noah, Indie Bookstore Ambassador 2024-2025
The American Booksellers Association (ABA) is thrilled to announce Trevor Noah as our ambassador for 2024–2025.
Independent bookstores connect readers to ideas and stories, and they are the ... |
| Apr 26, 2024 | How to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day in Portland | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Portlanders love nothing more than perusing tall stacks of books at their local neighborhood bookstores — and Saturday is the perfect day to visit your favorite.
The latest: The last Saturday in April... |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Largest Independent Bookstore Day Ever Invites Readers Nationwide To Shop Indie | Amanda Gorman, Indie Bookstore Ambassador 2023-2024
Independent Bookstores Day Celebrates its 11th Anniversary on Saturday, April 27, with over 1,200 participating independent bookstores from every state.
Seeing the largest event to date in... |
| Aug 6, 2023 | The Book Report: Washington Post critic Ron Charles (August 6) | By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles
Here are four titles that might help keep you cool this summer. Knopf
Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo is back with "Somebody's Fool" (Knopf), his third, thoroughly charming novel... |
| Apr 21, 2023 | American Booksellers Association Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Independent Bookstore Day | 1100 Independent Bookstores Participate in all 50 States- Celeste Ng is Ambassador for nationwide event
This 10th anniversary is the largest Independent Bookstore Day to date! With a 21% increase in participation from last year, it is encou... |
| Mar 19, 2023 | NPR's Ari Shapiro on the intimacy of storytelling | As a co-host of National Public Radio's flagship evening broadcast, "All Things Considered," 44-year-old Ari Shapiro is one of the network's highest-profile correspondents.
When asked what he thinks makes a great story, ... |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Book excerpt: "The Best Strangers in the World" by Ari Shapiro | Harper One
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In his new memoir, "The Best Strangers in the World" (Harper One, to be published March 21), Ari Shapiro, the host of NPR's "All ... |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Book excerpt: "STFU," on the power of keeping your mouth shut | Henry Holt and Co.
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Author Dan Lyons' new book, "STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World" (Henry Holt), is a call t... |
| Mar 16, 2023 | This week on "Sunday Morning" (March 19) | The Emmy Award-winning "CBS Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET. (Download it here.)
Host: Jane Pauley
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| Mar 12, 2023 | Al Pacino, Ellen Burstyn on the Actors Studio | On this small stage in Los Angeles, maybe 20 feet from a seat bearing his name at the Actors Studio West, Al Pacino talks about one of his earliest movies. There's a chance you've seen it. "I saw this film recently, it's... |
| Mar 7, 2023 | Surbhi Sarna's new book on entrepreneurship | YC Group Partner Surbhi Sarna has written a book called Without a Doubt, and today it goes on sale.
Without a Doubt tells the incredible story of Surbhi Sarna's company, nVision Medical, which started with a health scare when she was ... |
| Mar 5, 2023 | Donna's Law: A new suicide prevention tool | Katrina Brees credits her love of art to her whimsical, talented mother. For more than a decade, the two worked side-by-side producing parades in New Orleans. Her fond memories of her mom include "just her dancing in a parade, just her... |
| Mar 5, 2023 | The CHIPS Act: Rebuilding America's technological infrastructure | You already know that there are computer chips in your computer and your phone. But you may not realize just how many other things in your life rely on chips. They're also in your clocks, toys, thermostats, and every single thing in yo... |
| Feb 26, 2023 | Studying Nature's secrets, and animals' medical superpowers | At the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens, in Palm Desert, California, it's hard not to marvel at giraffes, with their towering height and gentle ways. But it turns out they may be medical marvels as well.
Physician and biomedical researc... |
| Feb 26, 2023 | "Women Talking" writer-director Sarah Polley: "I approach filmmaking with a lot of gratitude now" | In Sarah Polley's film "Women Talking," the women in a cloistered religious community have been sexually abused. They decide to vote on whether to leave. "What these women are talking about is literally breaking down one... |
| Feb 25, 2023 | Book excerpt: "The Book of Animal Secrets" by Dr. David Agus | Simon & Schuster
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Could mankind learn how to treat or avoid diseases and afflictions, like cancer or Alzheimer's, by studying the evolution of animals?
... |
| Feb 24, 2023 | LITTLE WHITE LIES, THE LATEST MYSTERY BY ACCLAIMED NOVELIST MARGARET FENTON, SLATED FOR MARCH RELEASE | Little White Lies, the newest installment in Margaret Fenton’s critically acclaimed Claire Conover mystery series, will be released on March 7, 2023 BIRMINGHAM, AL, UNITED STATES, February 24, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Acclaimed mystery wr... |
| Feb 15, 2023 | Redeem the Lines, Boston Author Michael Patrick Murphy’s Second Book Now Available | Redeem the Lines book cover This story is for adults to laugh and cry at this crazy journey in American society in this lifetime, but it is up to all of us now to make sure things don’t stay the same
BOSTON (PRWEB) February 15, 2023
Boston ... |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Addicted To An Ex? Psychologist Dr. Cortney Warren Helps Readers Heal After a Breakup By Treating Love as an Addictive Process in Her New Book, "Letting Go of Your Ex" | “If you fall in love and then break up, it can leave you in an addictive cycle of obsessive thinking, craving, and emotional upheaval. But there’s hope–there are skills you can learn and use to help let go of your ex and create your next gr... |
| Jan 29, 2023 | Meret Oppenheim: An artist beyond categorization | Her work spans over half a century of artistic styles, from the abstract to the surreal. But Meret Oppenheim was an artist who defies labels.
Anne Umland, curator of the Meret Oppenheim retrospective now on view at the Museum of Modern Art ... |
| Jan 15, 2023 | "Modigliani Up Close": Revealing secrets of the master | Narrow faces, haunting eyes, elongated necks … all well-known characteristics of an Amedeo Modigliani masterpiece. Less well known? The brains behind that brush.
At the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, curators and conservators are using ... |
| Jan 15, 2023 | Pamela Anderson on surviving abuse, paparazzi, and the infamous sex tape | After decades away chasing the bright lights she so badly wanted – and catching some she did not – Pamela Anderson has come home to the sweeping rustic beauty of the Pacific Northwest, to her hometown on Vancouver Island called Ladysmith, a... |
| Jan 12, 2023 | "Baywatch" icon Pamela Anderson on surviving paparazzi, tabloids, and the stolen sex tape | "Baywatch" icon and author-actress-model Pamela Anderson reveals details about the trauma she suffered as a child, her six marriages, and the infamous sex tape in an exclusive interview with Jim Axelrod for "Sunday Morning,&q... |
| Jan 8, 2023 | "WIN": How Gerald Ford tried to whip inflation with a button | When he was thrust into the presidency in 1974, Gerald Ford's plain-spoken optimism was seen by many Americans as his greatest virtue. "There's great public support for Ford when he first becomes president; he's such a c... |
| Jan 8, 2023 | The key to finding happiness | Marion Benedek, K.C. Rice, Helen Chardack and Susan Shapiro have been taking ceramics classes together at the 92nd Street Y for almost a lifetime. This tight-knit group of New York City potters puts a unique spin on something we all despera... |
| 2023 | What's ahead for Congress in 2023? Republicans looking for payback | A New Year, a new Congress, and a divided government. Yet, Republican Brian Fitzpatrick, of Pennsylvania, and Democrat Josh Gottheimer, of New Jersey, still believe that, in a splintered, GOP-held House, good things can happen. "Most p... |
| 2023 | The Book Report: Ron Charles' favorite novels of 2022 | By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles
Before we say good-bye to 2022, I want to look back and tell you about five of my favorite novels of this year. HarperCollins
Barbara Kingsolver has taken Charles Dickens' classic novel, "... |
| Dec 4, 2022 | Smithsonian exhibit explores how entertainment shaped America | Enter the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., later this week, and you'll be greeted by two friends: C-3PO and R2-D2, as they appeared in "Return of the Jedi." When asked how visitors r... |
| Dec 4, 2022 | Fostering tragedy: Experts say system designed to protect children can break up families | In June 2017, at a family picnic in a park in Aurora, Colorado, Vanessa Peoples noticed that one of her young sons had slipped away. Peoples, who was studying to be a nurse, is not the first parent to take her eyes off a child; it happens a... |
| Nov 20, 2022 | Linda Ronstadt: A taste of home | It seems Linda Ronstadt has always done the unexpected. In the later part of her music career, the queen of rock started making albums of traditional mariachi music:
Linda Ronstadt performs "La Cigarra":
LA CIGARRA - Linda Ronstad... |
| Nov 20, 2022 | Cannabis, it's what's for dinner | If you've turned on the TV lately, or maybe found yourself in certain high-end kitchens in America, you might notice a new green on the menu, one you might smell before you taste it. Now that cannabis is legal in some form or another i... |
| Nov 13, 2022 | Douglas Brinkley: Our planet needs another "Rachel Carson moment" | After a week which saw Hurricane Nicole batter the Florida coast, and President Joe Biden at the annual global climate conference in Egypt, historian Douglas Brinkley (whose latest book deals with the dawn of the environmental movement) rem... |
| Nov 13, 2022 | Fighting back against ageism | Theresa Harrison's approach to getting old never gets old. At 64, her energy is impressive, as are her skills: "I've become more innovative. I've become more creative. I've become more curious"
The Baltimore-ba... |
| Nov 13, 2022 | 2022's confounding midterms, setting the stage for 2024 | Here's where we are, as the midterm vote count drags on: the House is still in play (leaning Republican, just barely, according to CBS News estimates). CBS News
Now that Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has been projected to win in Nevad... |
| Oct 30, 2022 | How an experimental treatment beat a little girl's cancer | Emily Whitehead has a secret weapon: "My T-cells, part of my immune system, were trained to fight and kill my cancer."
She was only six when she became the first child ever to receive genetically-modified T cells. The experimental... |
| Oct 30, 2022 | Bono on music, activism and faith | In more than four decades as U2's frontman, Bono has been leading one of the world's biggest rock bands across the world's biggest stages. But this stage (if you can call it that), in the schoolyard at Mount Temple Comprehens... |
| Oct 30, 2022 | Novelist Ian McEwan: Writing is "a way of being" | "A secret, I think, can be fatal," said acclaimed novelist Ian McEwan. "She died with her secret intact."
That secret McEwan is talking about was a personal one held by his mother: "She would give birth to a baby bo... |
| Oct 30, 2022 | With election deniers running for office, our right to vote is on the ballot | Homecoming weekend at Penn State means the grills, the games, and families gathered together. It's no wonder thousands make the pilgrimage to the grounds of Beaver Stadium in central Pennsylvania's "Happy Valley." And al... |
| Oct 29, 2022 | "The Devil's Half Acre": How one enslaved woman left her mark on education | In Virginia's capital city, trapped between a railroad yard and an interstate highway, a renewed landscape has unlocked the legacy of a stolen people. "I was doing research to learn more about the slave trading district down here,... |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Book excerpt: "The Song of the Cell" by Siddhartha Mukherjee | Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer," returns with "The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human" (Scribner), the histo... |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Book excerpt: "Lessons" by Ian McEwan | Ian McEwan, the Booker Prize-winning author of "Amsterdam" and "Atonement," is back with a new novel, "Lessons" (Knopf), a winding, lifelong journey chronicling love, child sex abuse, and lost opportunities.
Re... |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Book excerpt: "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story" by Bono | In "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story" (Knopf), Bono, the activist, artist and lead singer of U2, writes a memoir about a lifetime of music, personal challenges, and fights for social justice.
Read the excerpt below, and don't m... |
| Oct 16, 2022 | How online behavior turns people from Jekylls into Hydes | Something very strange can happen when we go online, and engage on social media: We become totally different people.
Correspondent David Pogue asked, "So, there is a Jekyll-and-Hyde thing happening?"
"Oh, most definitely,&quo... |
| Oct 16, 2022 | Wyoming's new land rush | Jackson, Wyoming is often called the Last of the Old West. Its cowboy culture runs so deep it even rides long on the morning cup of coffee. And while some of the best things in life here may be free, you pay a steep price to live in this va... |
| Oct 16, 2022 | Talk radio: Widening the airwaves' great divide | Across America, the message is loud and clear: 35 years after the talk radio revolution, "on the air" is still often an exercise in "off the rails."
Correspondent Jim Axelrod asked industry expert Brian Rosenwald, "... |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Book excerpt: "Age of Acrimony," or how American politics devolved | In his book "The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915," historian Jon Grinspan, curator of political history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, writes about how today&... |
| Oct 10, 2022 | Michael Fanone, officer brutally injured in Capitol riot, says Lindsey Graham suggested shooting protesters "in the head" | Michael Fanone, the DC Metropolitan Police officer who almost died defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, suffered burns, a heart attack and traumatic brain injuries after insurrectionists assaulted him that day. He got an electrical s... |
| Oct 9, 2022 | Pulling back the veil of secrecy surrounding McKinsey | At top universities like Harvard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, there's a fall tradition playing out behind the scenes: students are back, and so are company recruiters looking to hire the best and the brightest.
These prize students, s... |
| Oct 9, 2022 | How chef Erin French found herself at The Lost Kitchen | By the time Erin French welcomes guests – 50 of them, twice a week – to her Lost Kitchen restaurant, they've been sipping and sampling for two hours already – and they haven't even gotten to what's on the menu yet.
"I ju... |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Book excerpt: "When McKinsey Comes to Town" | New York Times investigative journalists Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe examine the influence of one of the leading consulting firms, McKinsey & Company, in their book "When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the ... |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Recipe: Little Neck Clams from The Lost Kitchen | Erin French's Lost Kitchen Restaurant, which she opened in her hometown of Freedom, Maine, has become one of the hardest-to get reservations in the world. The cookbook author, bestselling memoirist and TV chef offers "Sunday Morni... |
| Oct 2, 2022 | New Yorker writer Hua Hsu on maintaining family ties via fax | In his new memoir "Stay True" (Doubleday), New Yorker writer Hua Hsu recalls his teen years as a time of overcoming great distances – both generational and global – one page at a time.
When I was a teenager, my father moved from o... |
| Oct 2, 2022 | Maggie Haberman on Donald Trump: "He saw the presidency as the ultimate vehicle to fame" | CBS News' John Dickerson asked New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who has become the chronicler-in-chief of the Donald Trump era, "How long has Donald Trump been in your head, or you in his?"
"At least 11 years for... |
| Sep 18, 2022 | "The Amazing Race": And they're off, again! | OK, would YOU jump off of a 700-foot dam for a chance at a million dollars? It's terrifying, but it's just another day on "The Amazing Race." Over the past 21 years, the CBS reality show has taken more than 600 intrepid ... |
| Sep 18, 2022 | King Charles III's charm offensive | Something seems to have happened to the new King Charles. He's been unable to get out of a car without heading directly to the waiting crowd, as if he were a politician seeking votes. And in a way – even though kings aren't electe... |
| Sep 18, 2022 | Rachel Aviv on how the stories we tell about mental disorders shape patients' lives | A commentary from New Yorker journalist and author Rachel Aviv, whose new book, "Strangers to Ourselves," focuses on the challenges faced by those struggling with mental illness:
When I talk to people with mental illness, I'm... |
| Sep 11, 2022 | Charles III: What changes might we see from Britain's new king? | From the moment of his birth, there was little mystery as to what life held in store for the then-infant prince, now King Charles III.
The announcer of a 1949 newsreel, in which Princess Elizabeth proudly presented "Prince Charlie"... |
| Sep 10, 2022 | Thinking of making a career change? Here are 4 things no one tells you about taking the plunge | Proceed with caution when planning a career change. Jake Wyman/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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Millions of workers have made radical changes in the... |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Grammy-winning singer Ashanti on the roots of her success and "how my story ends" | Baby, I'm not always there when you call
But I'm always on time
And I gave you my all, now baby be mine
It may be difficult to imagine, but Ashanti Douglas' music career wasn't always on time.
Back on the campus of her L... |
| Aug 14, 2022 | On the other hand: How lefties cope in a right-handed world | This story was originally broadcast on February 6, 2022.
They could be items found at any gift and gadget shop – scissors, pens, notebooks – but these, and scores of other products in this store, are specifically designed for left-handed pe... |
| Aug 14, 2022 | "Omar," an opera illuminating a Muslim slave's life in America | Eerie – just as the curtain was about to rise on the opera based on his story, an image of Omar Ibn Said, dead more than 150 years, appeared to blink, as if he had come back to life.
And that was the point, why the Spoleto Festival USA in C... |
| Jul 24, 2022 | Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen: Renegades | This story was originally broadcast on "Sunday Morning" October 24, 2021.
A rock star and a former president hitting the road – if it looks like a buddy movie, well, it's kind of become one.
Driving a 1960 Corvette at the hom... |
| Jul 17, 2022 | Jason Reynolds on stories told for, and by, young readers | Jason Reynolds is not only a prolific and bestselling author, he's also the national ambassador for young people's literature.
"How does one properly address an ambassador?" asked "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pau... |
| Jul 8, 2022 | How one Afghan family escaped the Taliban | It's been a year since the chaotic end of America's war in Afghanistan, and it doesn't look any better in retrospect to Elliot Ackerman: "This was a collapse of American morals and how we treat our allies," he said.... |
| Jul 8, 2022 | Due to climate change, Nevada says goodbye to grass | In Las Vegas, Nevada, it's come to this: climate change has helped make water ever more scarce, so under a new Nevada law, the grass has got to go. "When we look at outdoor water use in Southern Nevada, landscaping far and away is... |
| Jun 26, 2022 | How Supreme Court conservatives are reshaping Americans' rights | When the Supreme Court handed down its ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional protections for abortion, there was anger (one protester said, "America is not ready for what's about to happen with the fall of Roe"... |
| Jun 26, 2022 | Peggy Lee: Master of cool | "Sunday Morning" originally broadcast this story on February 6, 2022.
In 1970 Peggy Lee won a Grammy for "Is That All There Is," a song that many heard as an anthem of ennui …
Is that all there is? Is that all there is?
... |
| Jun 19, 2022 | The COVID frontlines: How NYC doctors faced the outbreak | As head of a top intensive care unit in New York City, Dr. Lindsay Lief is no stranger to emergencies. "If the organs are failing, and you need to be placed on life support, you come to us," she said.
When asked how much death she... |
| May 22, 2022 | Kenny Loggins on savoring the moments | Backstage before a concert in Cincinnati recently, Kenny Loggins was fine tuning just about everything.
Correspondent Lee Cowan asked the two-time Grammy-winner, "Do you like touring, after all these years?"
"Well, yes and no... |
| May 22, 2022 | Self-tracking your health data | When you were growing up, the closest you ever got to a personal medical data-collection device was probably a thermometer, or a bathroom scale. But these days, health trackers are a lot more sophisticated – and a lot more wearable.
Smartwa... |
| May 22, 2022 | Inside Bellosguardo, a reclusive heiress' historic home | It's the talk of Santa Barbara: What has become of the hideaway on the hill?
Set high above 1,000 feet of coastline, Bellosguardo (Italian for "beautiful lookout") was purchased by copper magnate, Senator William Clark, in 19... |
| May 15, 2022 | Paths to avoid crippling student debt | Twenty-eight-year-old Kera Cheney works for the government, lives in a basement apartment with her boyfriend in San Francisco, and stresses about her college loans. Her student debt now stands at around $280,000.
She followed the classic re... |
| May 15, 2022 | Garrison Keillor talks about #MeToo and a return to Lake Wobegon | The crowd at the Buell Theatre in Denver, Colorado earlier this month traveled from all over to see a reunion of "A Prairie Home Companion," the show Garrison Keillor hosted on public radio for some 40 years. One woman described K... |
| May 13, 2022 | Book excerpt: "Boom Town: A Lake Wobegon Novel" by Garrison Keillor | Humorist Garrison Keillor returns to his fictional Minnesota hometown of Lake Wobegon (made famous by the long-running radio program "A Prairie Home Companion," and the subject of numerous story collections). In "Boom Town: A... |
| May 8, 2022 | Book excerpt: "The Fifth Act," on one American's role in Afghanistan | In "The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan" (published by Penguin Press on August 9), Elliot Ackerman, who served four combat tours in Afghanistan with the Marines and the CIA, writes of how his mission continued, in see... |
| May 6, 2022 | Pomp and circumstance at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee | This is the way royal milestones used to be proclaimed (and occasionally still are): A town crier announces, "OH YAY! OH YAY! TODAY HERE IN ROYAL WINDSOR WE COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE HER MAJESTY'S PLATINUM JUBILEE!" The Town... |
| Apr 24, 2022 | Tina Brown on Britain's royals: "It's a great family saga" | The British royal family is often referred to as "The Firm." And the firm's CEO, Queen Elizabeth II, has been in the corner office for seven decades now. With cannon-fire and the release of a recent photo with two of her hors... |
| Apr 17, 2022 | Book excerpt: "Young Mungo" by Douglas Stuart | The Booker Prize-winning author of "Shuggie Bain," Douglas Stuart, returns with his latest novel, "Young Mungo," about a 15-year-old boy falling in love for the first time in a violently homophobic community. Unable to a... |
| Apr 17, 2022 | Book excerpt: "The Candy House" by Jennifer Egan | Jennifer Egan's 2010 novel "A Visit From the Goon Squad" earned her the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Now, she's written a sequel, "The Candy House," in which a tech giant develops the means for users to external... |
| Apr 17, 2022 | Book excerpt: "Mecca" by Susan Straight | Acclaimed novelist Susan Straight's latest book, "Mecca," dramatizes an epic panorama of a multiethnic southern California facing social and environmental conflagrations.
Read an excerpt below.
Fuego Canyon
The Santa Ana Rive... |
| Apr 17, 2022 | The Book Report: Washington Post critic Ron Charles (April 17) | By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The wind blows hot through the Santa Ana Canyon in Susan Straight's new novel, "Mecca." Straight's characters are people of color who serve as the back... |
| Apr 9, 2022 | In his new memoir Jann Wenner relives Rolling Stone's "glory days" | Jann Wenner scoured the archives of the magazine he founded for his new memoir. "Like a Rolling Stone" (published September 13 by Little, Brown) is his account of creating what became the cultural Bible for baby boomers.
Correspon... |
| Apr 9, 2022 | The Great Shift: How are all those "back to the office" plans going? | As the pandemic subsides, we're going back to flying, back to theaters, back to restaurants. But back to the office? Well, yes … and no.
Ryan Williams is the founder and CEO of Cadre, a real-estate investment firm in New York City. His... |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Book excerpt: "Heat 2" by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner | One of the most acclaimed films by Oscar-nominated writer-director Michael Mann is his 1995 crime thriller "Heat," in which a police detective and a thief play cat-and-mouse on the blood-spattered streets of Los Angeles. Now, Mann... |
| Mar 27, 2022 | Meet a Russian oligarch hit by sanctions | He's a billionaire in an unusual predicament: no access to cash. Because this month Mikhail Fridman became yet another Russian oligarch to be slapped with those economic handcuffs: sanctions.
Correspondent Seth Doane asked Fridman, &qu... |
| Mar 20, 2022 | Pianist Jeremy Denk on how practice makes perfect | "That's a very good cheese, you know?" said Jeremy Denk. "You could have a more French cheese. But then, you know, sometimes you want a good old German cheese, you know?"
Why is this man at the piano talking about c... |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Book excerpt: "Every Good Boy Does Fine" by Jeremy Denk | In his new memoir, "Every Good Boy Does Fine" (Random House), acclaimed classical pianist Jeremy Denk writes of the life of a musician, and offers a tribute to those who influenced him: music teachers, conductors – and his father,... |
| Mar 13, 2022 | Book excerpt: "I Was Better Last Night" by Harvey Fierstein | In his new memoir, "I Was Better Last Night," Tony-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein recounts his life, from coming out as gay as a teen, to his roles in such Broadway shows as "Torch Song Trilogy," "La ... |
| Mar 13, 2022 | Will Smith on building a legacy | "Just so you know, I'm not a tennis player."
No, but Will Smith is a pretty good instructor, serving up tips ("A little more flex in your knees!") and quips ("It's all fun and games until someone loses an ... |
| Mar 7, 2022 | This week on "Sunday Morning" (July 3) | Guest host: Lee Cowan
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After two years of the pandemic, airlines are struggling to keep up with pent-up demand, as staff shortages, canceled flights... |
| Feb 27, 2022 | The long history of Russia's efforts to subjugate Ukraine | Since its independence in 1991, Ukraine has made many hard-earned gains, and tried to lose at least one little thing.
Correspondent Mo Rocca asked, "When I was growing up, we called it 'The Ukraine.' Why did that change?"... |
| Feb 27, 2022 | The life of a CIA shadow warrior | At a training facility in Saint Augustine, Florida, you can watch Ric Prado at work. The bullets are real. He's retired from the CIA, but still trains local SWAT teams.
"You're a dangerous man," said CBS News national se... |
| Feb 20, 2022 | How free speech is under attack in the U.S. | When someone says something we disagree with, should we shut them up? In 1927, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis had an answer: "The remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."
Well, in that case, the internet s... |
