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Chilean writer and poet Pablo Neruda, after being awarded the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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'The Lost Neruda' Can Now Be Found In 'Then Come Back'

6:42pm April 19, 2016

by Jasmine Garsd

In 2014, archivists were combing through Pablo Neruda's files when they came upon some unknown works. These writings have been translated into English and are now being published in a new collection.

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HB2 Economic Impact Felt

4:44pm April 19, 2016

by Eddie Garcia

The financial impact of the controversial HB2 bill is starting to take its toll.

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Actress Doris Roberts Of 'Everybody Loves Raymond' Dies At 90

4:31pm April 19, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

Actress Doris Roberts was best known for playing an overbearing yet lovable mother on Everybody Loves Raymond. NPR has a remembrance of the 90-year-old character actress, who died this week.

The libertine Falstaff sits with a woman on his lap and a tankard in his hand in an illustrated scene from one of William Shakespeare's Henry IV plays.

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50 Shades Of Shakespeare: How The Bard Used Food As Racy Code

3:31pm April 19, 2016

by Anne Bramley

The eggplant and peach emoji are standard code for racy thoughts these days, but food has been used for sexual innuendo for centuries. Shakespeare was a pro. (Happy Shakespeare Week!)

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David Duchovny On Baseball And How 'X-Files' Made Him A Better Writer

1:23pm April 19, 2016

The co-star of the X-Files discusses his novel, Bucky F*cking Dent, about a son reuniting with his absentee father. Duchovny earned a master's degree in literature before starting his TV career.

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A Thrilling TV Adaptation Of John Le Carré's 'Night Manager'

1:23pm April 19, 2016

by John Powers

Le Carré's 1993 novel comes to life in a six-part AMC series. John Powers says the show, which jets from Egyptian streets to posh Alpine lodges, is one of the most enjoyable thrillers he's seen on TV.

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Jodie Whittaker as Anna in the film Adult Life Skills.

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Tribeca Notebook: The Oddball's Journey

11:04am April 19, 2016

by Linda Holmes

Rachel Tunnard's first feature, Adult Life Skills, finds ways to expand on the familiar formula of the frustrated, frustrating misfit trying to grow up.

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One Life Changes Forever On 'Mothering Sunday'

7:00am April 19, 2016

by Heller McAlpin

Graham Swift's slim, incantatory new novel centers around young Jane, a maid on a rural estate, and the day in 1924 that unexpectedly alters the trajectory of her life.

James Brown performs at the Philharmonie in Cologne, Germany in 2003.

The Lonely Side Of James Brown

5:58am April 19, 2016

by NPR Staff

When James McBride, a National Book Award winner for his fiction, decided to write an entire book about James Brown, he wanted to push beyond the hype and racism he says haunts Brown's legacy.

Siblings Sangeeta (from left), Sunil and Ravi Tripathi. Sunil went missing weeks before the Boston Marathon, and media outlets misidentified him as one of the bombing suspects.

How Social Media Smeared A Missing Student As A Terrorism Suspect

11:00pm April 18, 2016

by NPR Staff

The documentary Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi explores what happened after a tweet misidentified a Brown University student as one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.

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