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What great book by a Black author should be brought to the screen next?

Octavia Butler's 1979 novel Kindred is being made into a TV series. So we asked authors and critics what other not-yet-filmed books by Black authors they'd most like to see adapted for screen.

Naturally, <em>Encanto</em> has become a phenomenon — particularly on the strength of those chart-topping blockbuster songs, which I'd said "fell really flat."

I thought Encanto's songs were forgettable. So I went back to see what I was missing

After watching Encanto for the first time, I called the soundtrack "forgettable." So I went back and tried to figure out what I was missing.

Dante Johnson, director of Safe Streets Belair-Edison, sits outside of their office in Baltimore on Feb. 4. He's a violence interrupter, working to prevent disagreements from escalating.

In Baltimore's streets, interrupters face danger to stop a cycle of violence

There are attempts across the nation to reimagine public safety. In Baltimore, the Safe Streets program seeks to stem violence by interrupting it before it happens. The work can be dangerous.

Indian Bollywood playback singer Lata Mangeshkar in 2013.

Lata Mangeshkar, the sweetheart of Bollywood, dies at 92

She was one of the most famous and beloved playback singers. She recorded songs used in movie soundtracks, which generations of actresses would then lip-sync onscreen.

How Lou Stovall took silkscreen-printing from grocery stores to gallery walls

The famed silkscreen printer, whose work is on display at the Kreeger Museum's exhibition "Lou Stovall: On Inventions and Color," pioneered an artform while building community in Washington, D.C.

A woman embraces change in the 1960s in Tessa Hadley's novel 'Free Love'

Phyllis Fischer, a 40-year-old wife and mother, is drawn into a liberating relationship with a much younger man. She soon realizes that perhaps she wasn't so content as she thought.

Pita Taufatofua makes an entrance during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Taufatofua competed in taekwondo and cross-country skiing, but he's most famous for carrying the flag of Tonga for three consecutive Games, stealing the show each time.

Tongan flag bearer Pita Taufatofua is skipping the Games to focus on volcano relief

Taufatofua made headlines as Tonga's bare-chested flag bearer at the last three opening ceremonies. He's missing the 2022 Games to help his country recover from January's deadly tsunami.

Heartbroken? There's a scientific reason why breaking up feels so rotten

Science writer Florence Williams experienced what felt like a brain injury when her husband left her after more than 25 years. Her new book is Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey.

'Free Love' puts a '60s spin on a Jane Austen-style novel of manners

Tessa Hadley's sharp new novel centers on a middle-aged wife and mother who falls for a much younger musician. Free Love is a domestic novel that's as eclectic and alive as the times it captures.

How to roll out big ideas and avoid the Museum of Failure

A new book develops a science of scaling.

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