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Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan

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'Based On A True Story' May Not Be True — But It's Still Scary

10:00am May 11, 2017

by Bethanne Patrick

French novelist Delphine De Vigan follows up her tell-all 2012 memoir with a creepy tale of a blocked novelist — also named Delphine — who falls under the sway of an elegant, menacing ghostwriter.

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'Seeing People Off' Is A Short, Strange Trip

7:00am May 11, 2017

by Michael Schaub

Slovak author Jana Beňová's English language debut is a bizarre, oblique — but beautiful — series of vignettes about a couple who spend their time drinking and smoking in Bratislava coffee shops.

In 'Music Of The Ghosts,' A Khmer Rouge Survivor Faces 'The Reality Of Cambodia'

5:00am May 11, 2017

by Rachel Martin

Novelist Vaddey Ratner, herself a Khmer Rouge survivor, tells the story of a Cambodian-American woman looking for answers about her father's disappearance under the regime.

A Lost Rice Variety — And The Story Of The Freed 'Merikins' Who Kept It Alive

4:00pm May 10, 2017

by Jill Neimark

The rice traveled from Africa to the Southeast, where it was a link to home for enslaved Africans. Then it nearly vanished — and with it, a heritage tying African, Southern and West Indian foodways.

Cover art of No One Can Pronounce My Name, by Rakesh Satyal.

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'No One Can Pronounce My Name' Is A Charming Take On Loneliness And Connection

1:45pm May 10, 2017

by Maureen Corrigan

Set in an Indian-American community in suburban Cleveland, Rakesh Satyal's new novel uses intertwined plots to explore the comedy of everyday life. Critic Maureen Corrigan says readers will be amused.

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Kathryn Hahn and Griffin Dunn play a married couple on the new Amazon series I Love Dick.

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'Transparent' Creator Jill Soloway Seeks To Upend Television With 'I Love Dick'

1:45pm May 10, 2017

by Terry Gross

I Love Dick tackles themes of gender, sexual obsession and artistic insecurity, all through a humorous lens. "Transparent was my origin story," Soloway says. "This is my story about finding my voice."

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'House Of Names' Is A Violent Page-Turner, And A Surprising Departure

10:41am May 10, 2017

by Heller McAlpin

Colm Tóibín ventures far afield — in time and place — for this heart-stopping take on the tragedy of Clytemnestra and her family, reanimated with suffering the ancient Greeks never imagined.

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'Priestdaddy' Shimmers With Wonderful, Obscene Life

7:00am May 10, 2017

by Annalisa Quinn

Patricia Lockwood's scabrous memoir of growing up with a married Catholic priest for a father is a little overreliant on quirky family details, but scorching in its approach to the Catholic Church.

ABC Announces Plan To Revive 'American Idol'

5:30pm May 09, 2017

by Eric Deggans

It was a short death. The long-running Fox network singing competition was cancelled last year due to sagging ratings, but ABC announced Tuesday that there are plans in the works to revive it.

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'As We Get Older, We Become More Ourselves,' Says Author Mary Gaitskill

1:27pm May 09, 2017

Before she turned to writing, the National Book Award nominee ran away from home and worked as a stripper. Her new collection of personal essays is Somebody with a Little Hammer.

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