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'I Write About Awful People,' Says Gay Talese

12:02pm July 09, 2016

by NPR Staff

"I'm a little bit drawn to what is forbidden," Talese adds, and he draws readers along with him in his latest book, The Voyeur's Motel, based on the journals of an innkeeper who spied on his guests.

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In Search For Answers, Author George Saunders Covers Trump Campaign

12:00pm July 09, 2016

The author, a self-professed liberal, traveled to Trump rallies to try to understand the candidate's appeal. He talks to NPR's Lynn Neary about what he's learned about American politics.

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Abbas Kiarostami poses during his visit to the 54th Cartagena Film Festival in 2014. The filmmaker left Iran only twice to make movies.

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'He Had Many More Films To Make': Remembering Iranian Director Abbas Kiarostami

8:35am July 09, 2016

by Howie Movshovitz

Kiarostami began making films in 1970 and continued after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. His work helped make Iranian cinema a major international force. The director died Monday in Paris at age 76.

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Stuck Inside With The AC On? Try These Five Cool YA Reads

7:00am July 09, 2016

by Caitlyn Paxson

Summer can seem slow for eager readers — not much on the shelves, and not much coming. But we've got some recommendations for great young adult reads to while away the long hot days.

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The Making Of A Propaganda Film In 'Under The Sun'

7:18pm July 08, 2016

by Mark Jenkins

Director Vitaly Mansky started out working on a government-sanctioned film about children in North Korea. But when approval was withdrawn, he made a different documentary entirely.

Daal — yellow, red, brown or black — is a staple across India. It is often described, inadequately, I think, as lentil soup. Except it's so much more.

A Longing For Lentils, Or How I Learned To Find Home Where The Daal Is

4:59pm July 08, 2016

by Kavitha Rao

Daal, yellow, red, brown or black, is a staple across India. It is often described, inadequately, as lentil soup. Except it's so much more. For a lifelong expat, it's an anchor in a shifting world.

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Floral Arrangements

2:18pm July 08, 2016

Each of these answers contains the name of a flower or flowering plant. If we were to say, "British singer who recorded the albums "It's Not Me, It's You" and "Sheezus," you would reply, "Lily Allen."

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A Neeeeeeew Game

2:17pm July 08, 2016

The answer to every question is something that starts with or sounds like the word "new." If we said, "Your prize is someone who constantly inconveniences you!" You'd answer... "A nuuuuuuu-isance!"

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Did Ya Ever Notice?

2:16pm July 08, 2016

We test how well you remember things that you've seen many, many times. How many dots are on a Domino's Pizza box — three or four?

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Stump Jonathan Coulton

2:16pm July 08, 2016

When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, they wore spacesuits developed by a company well-known for making a piece of everyday clothing. Can Coulton guess what piece?

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