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'Furnace' Burns With Horror And Wonder

6:43pm February 17, 2016

by Jason Heller

Livia Llewellyn's new story collection is beautiful and hideous in the same breath, steeped in the traditions of H.P. Lovecraft. Critic Jason Heller calls it "bursting with blood and shadow and dust."

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In 'Doubter's Almanac,' Troubled Math Genius Tries To Solve The Unsolvable

6:25pm February 17, 2016

by NPR Staff

Author Ethan Canin says two odd talents contributed to his main character becoming a mathematician: He can always tell where he is on Earth and he can draw things perfectly.

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New Manufacturer Gives Oscar Statue A Minor Makeover

5:56pm February 17, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The New York-based company, Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry, has taken over production from the Chicago-based R.S. Owens & Co., which had made the statues since 1982.

The Wilhelm Gustloff sank after being hit by Russian torpedoes on Jan. 30, 1945. More than 9,000 people died.

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More Died On This WWII Ship Than On The Titanic And Lusitania Combined

2:25pm February 17, 2016

by NPR Staff

On its final voyage, Germany's Wilhelm Gustloff carried soldiers and thousands of civilians, many of them children. Young adult author Ruta Sepetys revisits the ship's 1945 sinking in Salt to the Sea.

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Bibimbap is one of the best-known Korean dishes. According to chef Deuki Hong and writer Matt Rodbard, there really isn't a definitive recipe. "The name translates to 'mixed rice,' and, in practice, rice is the dish's only constant," the authors write in

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Welcome To 'Koreatown,' A Cookbook To Tempt American Taste Buds

2:18pm February 17, 2016

by Joel Rose

From LA to New York, Chef Deuki Hong and writer Matt Rodbard spent two years eating in Korean-American communities. Their new cookbook captures both well-known and obscure flavors of this cuisine.

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Polish nuns do most of the cooking at the Vatican. Here, they prepare sweets for the Feast of St. Nicholas.

Holy Ravioli! Cookbook Reveals The Vatican's Favorite Recipes

1:34pm February 17, 2016

by Tove Danovich

We all have comfort foods — even Pope Francis and the men who guard him. The Vatican Cookbook is a tour of life and food in the world's smallest country, as told by members of the Swiss Guard.

'Strange Gods' Chronicles The History Of Secularism And Conversion

1:27pm February 17, 2016

Journalist Susan Jacoby tells Fresh Air that more than half of Americans will change religion at least once in their adult life time. Her new book is Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion.

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Secrest Artists Series Presents David Finckel, Wu Han, And Philip Setzer

9:07am February 17, 2016

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This week Triad audiences will be treated to two evenings of incredible chamber music for cello, violin and piano by three of today's leading soloists.

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Book Review: 'The Darkening Trapeze,' Larry Lewis

5:10pm February 16, 2016

Tess Taylor reviews a posthumous collection by Larry Levis, The Darkening Trapeze.

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Sue Klebold plays in the snow with a young Dylan. "He's like an invisible child that I carry in my arms everywhere I go, always," she says.

Columbine Shooter's Mother: I Carry Him 'Everywhere I Go, Always'

3:27pm February 16, 2016

Sue Klebold says she wishes she'd asked her son Dylan "the kinds of questions that would've encouraged him to open up." Published 17 years after the massacre, her new memoir is A Mother's Reckoning.

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