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David Byrne Has a New Book Coming. What a Surprise.

The Talking Heads frontman has announced a new book for autumn 2026, title and subject still undisclosed. A sardonic look at why Byrne remains the rare rock star whose books are worth anticipating.

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Desmond Morris, Who Looked at Humans and Saw Apes, Dies at 98

Desmond Morris, zoologist and author of The Naked Ape -- the 1967 book that sold millions by treating Homo sapiens as just another primate -- has died at 98. He was also, less famously, a surrealist painter.

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Ada Limón's Case for Poetry as Survival

The US Poet Laureate publishes her first essay collection, a passionate defense of the poem as an act of resistance. For those of us who grew up knowing poetry saves lives, this book was necessary.