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When she’s not performing or practicing “Radical Optimism,” you might find Dua Lipa reading. In June 2023, the “Dance the ...

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On the Monday, June 22, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: What would you give to live inside your favorite fictional world? USA TODAY Books Reporter Clare Mulroy joins The Excerpt to talk about ...

Young people on the cusp of adulthood are full of big questions: Who am I? Who do I want to be? And how do I find my way through the world? There aren’t always firm answers to be found—I wish I’d ...