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'They May Not Mean To, But They Do' Is A Sparkling, Sad Family Affair

1:24pm June 29, 2016

by Maureen Corrigan

Cathleen Schine's new novel explores how one character's physical and mental decline ripples out to affect his whole family. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls it a mix of "fun and bad behavior."

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'The Big Sheep' Plays Hardboiled Sci-Fi To The Hilt

10:31am June 29, 2016

by Jason Heller

It's not hard to parse the two main influences on Robert Kroese's new novel, The Big Sheep: Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler. But Kroese's knack for humor helps elevate their gonzo grimness.

'The Innocent Have Nothing To Fear' Echoes Real-Life Republican Race

4:38pm June 28, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Stuart Stevens, a former strategist for Mitt Romney, whose new novel, The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear, tells the story of a neck-and-neck Republican primary campaign that ends up at a brokered convention.

In 'Hustling Hitler,' A Jewish Vaudevillian Scams The Third Reich

4:38pm June 28, 2016

It seems everyone has one: the eccentric relative much gossiped about. For Walter Shapiro, it's his great-uncle, Freeman Bernstein. The vaudeville manager, boxing promoter, card shark and stock swindler managed to scam the Third Reich. Shapiro writes about this in his new book, Hustling Hitler.

Donald G. McNeil Jr. is a global health reporter for The New York Times.

'Nobody Is Immune': Bracing For Zika's First Summer In The U.S.

3:45pm June 28, 2016

Author Donald. G. McNeil Jr. predicts that 2016 will be the worst year for Zika transmission in the U.S. "After this year, a fair number of people will be immune, and ... immunity will grow," he says.

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Remembering Michael Herr, Whose 'Dispatches' Brought The War In Vietnam Home

1:56pm June 28, 2016

Herr's 1977 book, Dispatches, was based on his time covering the Vietnam War. He also contributed to the films Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. Herr died last week. Originally broadcast in 1990.

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'Icon' Keeps The Shutters Clicking And The Danger Growing

11:48am June 28, 2016

by Amal El-Mohtar

We first met diplomat Suyana Sapaki in Persona; she was a C-lister in a world where statecraft and celebrity are interchangeable. But now she's on the rise — and the stakes are getting higher, too.

The original USS Enterprise model, from the classic Star Trek TV series, has been restored by the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and will move to a permanent display in the museum's Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall on June 28.

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Smithsonian Sets Phasers To Restore On Original Starship Enterprise

9:06am June 28, 2016

by NPR Staff

The Starship Enterprise — from the original Star Trek series — has gotten a restoration fit for a real life spacecraft. It goes on display this week at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

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Chase exhibited this painting in 1884 under two different titles — The Young Orphan and later, At Her Ease.

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Meet William Merritt Chase, The Man Who Taught America's Masters

5:02am June 28, 2016

by Susan Stamberg

Chase taught some of America's greatest artists, including Georgia O'Keeffe and Edward Hopper. On the centennial of the great teacher's death, a new exhibit in Washington, D.C., celebrates his life.

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'Game Of Thrones' Evolves On Women In Explosive Sixth Season

6:11pm June 27, 2016

The sixth season of HBO's Game of Thrones showed a real evolution in the way the show portrays women and in the season finale, several female characters ascended to power. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Glen Weldon from NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour and Greta Johnsen, host of the Nerdette podcast, about the show.

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