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EW book critics David Canfield and Leah Greenblatt offer their takes on three of the months buzziest novels. But Edwards path to finding purpose and connection is realized with an affecting, quiet empathy. Youll sob to the end. Credit: Simon & Schuster; Random House; Counterpoint Why are they all getting so so thin, though? Sure, but Rainsford possesses such a hypnotic command of her premise. What does it mean to heal oneself versus others?...

A surprise co-winner of this yearsBooker Prize(she shares it withMargaret Atwood, only the third time thats happened in the awards 50-year-history), Bernardine Evaristo may not be a household name, butGirldeserves every accolade, and more: Her sixth novel is a creative and technical marvel a sprawling account of 12 interconnected females (some young, some old, one non-binary; hence the title) in modern-day Britain. Radical lesbian playwrights and fierce nonagenarian homesteaders; glossy-haired bankers and ground-down cleaning ladies; rebellious teenagers and retired housewives: They all come together in a book so bursting with wit, empathy, and insight, it can rarely pause to take a breath, let alone break a paragraph (or at least put a full stop at the end of one)....

Is it really awful to judge a book by its cover? The Handmaids Tale, Margaret Atwood (Designer: Fred Marcellino, 1986)2. A Million Little Pieces, James Frey (Rodrigo Corral, 2006)3. Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer (Jonathan Gray, 2002)4. Born to Kvetch, Michael Wex (Jennifer Carrow, 2005)5. Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton (Chip Kidd, 1990)6. Jimmy Corrigan, Chris Ware (Chris Ware, 2000)7. The Wind-up Bird Chronicles, Haruki Murakami (Chip Kidd, 1997)8. Prep, Curtis Sittenfeld (Allison Saltzman, 2005)9....

In 2005sThe Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls recounts seeing her eccentric artist mother Dumpster-diving in Manhattan. Wilt Chamberlain defies mathematics in 1991sA View From Above, claiming he bedded 20,000 women. James Frey describes how he underwent a root canal without anesthesia in 2003sA Million Little Pieces. If you actually believe him, that is. Drew Barrymore comes clean about alcohol and drug abuse as a preteen in 1990sLittle Girl Lost. Augusten Burroughs claims he played with an electroshock machine while living with his mothers psychiatrist in 2002sRunning With Scissors....

Emmy-winning actor Jharrel Jerome will star in I’m A Virgo, a new series from director Boots Riley. When They See UsstarJharrel Jeromeis going big literally. Riley announced the project, which doesn’t yet have a streamer/data pipe,via Twitteron Monday. John Lamparski/Getty Images “I have a show about a 13-ft tall Black man who lives in Oakland. Its called Im A Virgo. Jharrel Jerome is playing the lead,” Riley wrote, also sharring concept art for the series....

But come on: How many of those phonies stuck an arrow through their head for us? One can have, it turns out, an affection for the war years. Off stage, he always tended toward the non-wild and not-so-crazy. It was here that his act became not comedy but a parody of comedy. Every desperate thing hed done just to fill a 25-minute set balloons, banjo playing, nose-glasses suddenly cohered. and passing Elvis backstage in Vegas (Son, you have an ob-leek sense of humor)....

As seasonedSurvivorplayers (and winners) Boston Rob Mariano and Sandra Diaz-Twine are used to scheming and strategizing 24-7. Without any backstabbing, how did they occupy themselves? And what was it like living on an island with someone you werent trying to vote out? CBS (Its only a matter of time before Coconut Drop makes it as an officialSurvivorchallenge.) We knew from the outset that we werent competing, there was no shot of us to win....

We asked the sages that and more in the first section of our five-part interview with the dynamic duo. BOSTON ROB MARIANO: My buddyJeff calledand he knew. He wasnt calling it that at the time. Robert Voets/CBS He told me, Come back and mentor these kids. You have a lot to give, you’re free to teach them. I have to be out there, have to live it. It doesnt matter what Ive done in the past, I have to be doing it now....

But imagine how much weirder it must have been for Sandra and Rob to see those statues ofthemselves! You know I loved it. It looks so much like me. CBS Robs looked like him, but it could have also been one or two other people. But mine was like 100% on point where there was no debating whose totem it was. I cried, and I took pictures with it that theyre going to give me later on....

Sandra Diaz-Twine and Boston Rob Mariano are used to sizing up the competition. Thats been proven over their seven seasons (and three victories) onSurvivor. I was impressed by every single person that came to visit us. CBS Theyre way smarter, theyre more savvy, they understand the game, all of them. There are no soft spots in the lineup. There was no one where you were like, Oh, this one has no idea....

Some have succeeded, others have not. But what does one of their teachers think about the students under their tutelage? And we didnt stop there. Robert Voets/CBS Whats it like watching Tribal Council in a spy shack? Who that hasnotvisited the island yet has impressed the four-time player the most? And which of the eliminated players does the Robfather wish he had gotten a chance to meet? Robert Voets/CBS We asked him all that and more in this rare in-game interview....

The Redemption Island champ teases a brand-new secret strategy. Perhaps the only thing Rob Mariano is better at thanSurvivoris giving interviews before playingSurvivor. Read on for what can only be considered aSurvivorclinic, and a must-read for any fan. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Well, this is a surprise. I had finally won the game. That’s all I wanted to do, and I was content. I get a chance to give back, kind of show people what I know....

“Wait, did you say sevenand a halfcast members?” “Those circumstances are reflected in some of the footage. “The ending and beginning are horror shorts in their own universe. Scotty Kirby They’re longer, much higher-production versions of what we normally do. It feels like there’s more going on.” And one ofResurrection’s main story lines revolves around the lost souls circling a return to the earthly realm. Season 2’s Dahli.Scotty Kirby “We’re no strangers to necromancy, especially at this time of the year....