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    In His New Book, Declan Walsh Tells Story Of Pakistan Through Lives Of 9 Individuals

    Nov 26, 2020
    NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist Declan Walsh about his new book, The Nine Lives of Pakistan, and how Pakistan has survived decades of political and military crises.
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    Book Reviews
    <em>Ghostways: Two Journeys in Unquiet Places,</em> by Robert Macfarlane, Stanley Donwood (illustrator) and Dan Richards
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    In 'Ghostways,' A Trip To Two Well-Traveled Places Reminds Of Things That Are Lost

    Nov 25, 2020
    Ghostways is an examination of grief as a landscape that moves on without us — and the fragility of the green world we're longing to go back to post-pandemic.
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    Book News & Features
    Bob Woodward's book <em>Rage</em> was one of a wave of highly publicized books <em></em>Simon & Schuster published this year critical of President Trump.
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    Book Publisher Simon & Schuster Sold To Rival

    Nov 25, 2020
    The third largest of the "big five" book publishers, was sold by its parent company to Penguin Random House.
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    Author Interviews

    Remembering Travel Writer And Memoirist Jan Morris

    Nov 25, 2020
    Morris, who died Nov. 20, transitioned to female in 1972 when she was 46. She later reflected on gender in her memoir, Conundrum. Originally broadcast in 1989.
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    James Beard Award-winning chef David Chang says fatherhood changed the way he cooks: "I had never been in a position where I'm trying to generally feed someone else with love and I just want to nurture them."
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    Chef David Chang On Depression, Being A Dad And The Burden Of 'Authenticity'

    Nov 25, 2020
    The Momofuku chef says COVID-19 has introduced "seismic" changes to his industry. "We're doing anything and everything to to stay afloat," he says. Chang's new memoir is Eat a Peach.
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    From Syria To America: A Teen Seeks A 'Safe Place' In The Universe

    Nov 25, 2020
    He was only 10 when the soldiers took away his father. Eventually the family fled to Jordan. But where would they go next? Their saga inspired a Pulitzer-winning graphic series in The New York Times.
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    Author R.F. Kuang grounded her Poppy War books in her own interpretations of history, and her family's history.
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    In The Poppy War Series, R.F. Kuang Asks: 'What If Mao Was A Teenage Girl?'

    Nov 24, 2020
    The third volume in Kuang's Poppy War series is out now. She grounded the story in history, both her own and China's; it follows a passionate, ruthless young woman who becomes a military leader.
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    In 'No One Asked For This,' Cazzie David Writes About Her Afflictions

    Nov 24, 2020
    In a new book of essays, No One Asked For This, Cazzie David writes about struggles with depression and anxiety, the perils of social media, and her excruciating breakup with SNL star Pete Davidson.
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    Pope Francis waves as he arrives for the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday.
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    In A New Book, Pope Francis Speaks Out On The Coronavirus And Anti-Mask Protests

    Nov 23, 2020
    People who claim that mask mandates deprive them of their personal freedom, Francis says, are "victims only in their own imagination." The book also addresses demonstrations against racial injustice.
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    Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founding director of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise.
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    'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

    Nov 23, 2020
    In 2017, a study reported one in three people in one rural Alabama county had been exposed to hookworm. Catherine Coleman Flowers says the study reveals big gaps in sanitation in rural America.
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    HBO Adapts Ta-Nehisi Coates' Best-Selling Book Into A Movie

    Nov 23, 2020
    Our critic says the movie — like Coates' book Between the World and Me — reveals the story of Black survival within the ugliness of America's white supremacy.
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    An archival postcard of the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., where much of the novel <em>Even As We Breathe</em> is set.
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    'Even As We Breathe': A First Novel From A Teacher Who Writes For Her Students

    Nov 22, 2020
    The book is a mystery of sorts, set at an upscale North Carolina resort during World War II. Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle teaches at a high school with a student population that's 30% Native American.
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    Book Reviews
    <em>Nights When Nothing Happened</em>, by Simon Han
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    'Nights When Nothing Happened' Is Quietly Lovely — Maybe A Little Too Quiet

    Nov 22, 2020
    Simon Han's debut novel follows a Chinese immigrant family in Texas, whose fragile peace is shattered after the father is wrongly accused of a crime, and it's up to the kids to restore balance.
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    'How Fascism Works' Author On Trump's Attempts To Overturn Election Results

    Nov 21, 2020
    NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, about President Trump's refusal to concede and his party's willingness to go along with it
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    'These Violent Delights' Transports Romeo And Juliet To 1920s Shanghai

    Nov 21, 2020
    Chloe Gong's new novel has some of the important aspects of Shakespeare's famous tragedy — but more than anything else, it's a rich portrait of a time and place not often seen in literature.
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    'To Be A Man': Book Of Stories Filled With Small Estrangements

    Nov 20, 2020
    NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Nicole Krauss about her new book of short stories, To Be A Man.
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    The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief'

    Nov 20, 2020
    Journalist Stephen Kinzer reveals how the CIA worked in the 1950s and early '60s to develop mind control drugs and deadly toxins that could be used against enemies. Originally broadcast Sept. 9, 2019.
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    Book Reviews
    "It is said that when those warriors jumped from the cliff tops, Apache women cried, and their tears were transformed into black stones. At the Apache Tear Caves, tourists hunt for these so-called Apache Tears. Some claim the obsidian nuggets possess hea
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    'Oak Flat' Tells The Story Of An Apache Tribe Fighting To Save Its Land From Mining

    Nov 20, 2020
    Artist and writer Lauren Redniss mixes art, design, and rigorous research with a prose style that is at once assertive, journalistic and poetic to create a book like no other.
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    U.S. Marine Veteran Discusses His New Memoir And What It Means To Serve

    Nov 20, 2020
    NPR's Noel King speaks with Frank "Gus" Biggio about his memoir, The Wolves of Helmand: A View from Inside the Den of Modern War.
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    Paris' Iconic Shakespeare And Company Bookstore In Trouble Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

    Nov 20, 2020
    Famous English-language Paris bookstore Shakespeare and Company has lost nearly 80% of its revenue since the first pandemic shutdown in France. The owner of the shop is pleading for help.
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    Former President Barack Obama speaks at a Biden-Harris drive-in rally in Miami on Oct. 24. In his first interview with Terry Gross, Obama talks about what he misses most about being president and reflects on the turmoil of the Trump White House. Obama's
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    Democracy Is 'Strained' But Not 'Broken,' Former President Obama Tells 'Fresh Air'

    Nov 19, 2020
    In his first interview with Terry Gross, Obama talks about what he misses most about being president and reflects on the turmoil of the Trump White House. Obama's new memoir is A Promised Land.
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    Book News & Features

    2020's National Book Awards Strive For Inclusivity

    Nov 18, 2020
    This year's National Book Awards — announced in a first-ever virtual streaming ceremony — went mostly to writers of color, as the foundation that gives the prizes vowed to be more inclusive.
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    'Alex Rider' Novelist On The Joys Of Reading (And Writing) Mysteries

    Nov 18, 2020
    Anthony Horowitz's novels about a reluctant teen spy have been adapted into a TV series for Amazon. Horowitz is also the author of Moonflower Murders, a mystery for adults.
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    Author Says The Chicago 7 Trial Reflected 'All The Conflicts In America'

    Nov 18, 2020
    The Chicago 7 were activists who were charged with conspiring to start a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Jon Wiener's 2006 book, recently reprinted, is Conspiracy in the Streets.
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    <em>This Is Not My Memoir</em>, by André Gregory and Todd London
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    In 'This Is Not My Memoir' André Gregory Recounts Tales Of Childhood And The Theater

    Nov 18, 2020
    The avant-garde theater director and actor pairs up with writer-director Todd London to present the story of his multi-faceted life, full of dramatic ups and downs — and celebrities.

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