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    What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

    Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the new album by Snail Mail, the 2020 book Piranesi and more.
    by Aisha Harris Nov 25, 2021 2 minutes
    Snail Mail's sophomore album is called <em>Valentine.</em>

    This week, Baby Yoda flew above the streets of New York at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Ridley Scott's House of Gucci made its debut and the Grammy nominations were announced. Here's what NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend.

    Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

    I loved Susanna Clarke's , both the 2004 novel and the 2015 BBC, which is about a credulous young man who lives in a massive house made up of vast halls and vestibules that are lined with statues. For all he knows, the house is the entire world. He's lived there for as long as he can remember, which isn't very long.

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