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detail from the cover of The Book of Collateral Damage by Sinan Antoon

In 'The Book Of Collateral Damage,' An Accounting Of What Baghdad Lost

5:05am July 09, 2019

by Steve Inskeep

The novelist and poet Sinan Antoon, raised in Iraq and now living in New York, returned home following the 2003 U.S. occupation. That experience inspired his new work of fiction.

"I consider myself one who creates clothes, and fashions clothes, and uses it as a vehicle to fashion young minds," says clothier Dapper Dan.

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Dapper Dan, Telling Stories In Leather, Fur And Logos

7:55pm July 08, 2019

by Audie Cornish

The legendary hip-hop designer is now partnering with the big fashion labels who originally shut him down for bootlegging their logos. He's got a new memoir out, called Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem.

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Travis Rieder, author of In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle With Opioids, says none of the doctors who prescribed opioids for his waves of "fiery" or "electrical" pain taught him how to safely taper his use of the drugs when he wanted to quit.

Motorcycle Crash Shows Bioethicist The Dark Side Of Quitting Opioids Alone

4:50pm July 08, 2019

by Terry Gross

When medical bioethicist Travis Rieder tried to taper off pain medication after a roadway accident, he was disappointed by his doctors' reaction: "Everybody had a reason to send me to somebody else."

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Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' Is Getting Restored And You Can Watch It Happen Live

4:46pm July 08, 2019

Rembrandt's most ambitious painting — the wall-size "The Night Watch" — is getting a tune up. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Petria Noble of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam about the restoration.

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Debut Book Tells Of The Real-Life Longings And Frustrations Of 'Three Women'

2:53pm July 08, 2019

by Kate Tuttle

Lisa Taddeo's first book is a work of deep observation, long conversations, and a kind of journalistic alchemy. She spent years with her subjects — and the investment pays off.

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In 'Very Nice,' Even The Dog Is Unfaithful

12:58pm July 08, 2019

by Heller McAlpin

Marcy Dermansky's new novel is a tart lemonade of a summer read, full of outspoken characters, libidinous activity — much of it unwise — around a swimming pool, and a beautiful standard poodle.

Page from Hawking by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick.

'Hawking' Profiles The Ever-Fascinating Scientist — Minus The Nefarious Equations

11:32am July 08, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

There's little to surprise in this story, especially if you know a bit about the subject's life and his ideas. But author Jim Ottaviani finds a nice balance between the personal and the theoretical.

Some families dedicate an entire room to storing the dress, which is composed of many parts, including pantaloons, a parasol, a hoop skirt and a sash.

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The Dress Hasn't Changed, But The Girls Have

8:57pm July 07, 2019

by Lindsey Feingold

Photographer Adair Rutledge returned to Alabama to learn how the Azalea Trail Maids are redefining what it means to be a symbol of the South — while they wear a 50-pound, custom-made antebellum dress.

The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright who developed the concept of "organic architecture," that a building should develop out of its surroundings.

UNESCO Adds 8 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings To Its List Of World Heritage Sites

6:35pm July 07, 2019

by Josh Axelrod

The Guggenheim Museum in New York and Fallingwater in Pennsylvania now belong to a list that includes Machu Picchu and the pyramids of Egypt.

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For July, 4 Romances That'll Keep You Laughing

10:00am July 07, 2019

by Maya Rodale

Few things go together better than romance and comedy — so in honor of this year's Summer Reader Poll, all about funny books, we've got four romances that will bring a smile to your face.