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Christian Science Monitor - Entertainment

'The first thing I thought about was the books': The fight for a Gaza library - Opened April 2026, the Phoenix Library in Gaza City is rebuilding a culture of reading with books salvaged from more than two years of destruction. By - Ghada Abdulfattah - / 5 min

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'Far-Right France' author analyzes shifts in Marine Le Pen's National Rally party -- Colette Davidson

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End of Stephen Colbert's show illustrates risks of stirring a polarized nation to laughter -- Stephen Humphries

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From Haiti to the Arctic, May's best reads transport -- Monitor reviewers

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Astute 'Transcription' asks readers, 'Do you copy?'

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'The Sheep Detectives' is a tender fable wrapped in a murder mystery

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When revolutionary news traveled at the speed of horseback

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The American frontier story left out key players

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Jayne Anne Phillips: 'Writing words against the erasure of things and lives'

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Spring forecast: Showers of great books for the month of April

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Legendary creator of 'Saturday Night Live' remains an enigma in 'Lorne'

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Malian photographer ushered in a 'visual revolution'

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A soothsaying servant girl, an unstable king, and the modern-day scholars on their trail

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The evolution of Lincoln's immigration ideals: A historian assesses his legacy

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Are you there, readers? It's a Judy Blume biography.

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Alice Coltrane drew on gospel music of her youth

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As international graduate student enrollment falls, US schools scramble to fill the hole - Enrollment of graduate students from abroad is plunging at U.S. schools, leaving them with gaping holes in their budgets. By - Ira Porter - , Alfredo Sosa - / 6 min

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