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Don't Be Fooled, 'The Vegetarian' Serves Up Appetites For Fright

7:51am February 13, 2016

In "The Vegetarian," a young woman is tormented by violent dreams that drive her to give up meat. Author Han Kang says that extremes of human behavior compelled her to write the book.

Dave Stewart's new memoir, Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This, chronicles his life in music.

In New Memoir, Eurythmics' Dave Stewart Tells Of Life Before And After 'Sweet Dreams'

7:51am February 13, 2016

by NPR Staff

"Life can change you on amazing trails if you let it," Stewart says. His new memoir tells the story of those changes — and his complicated relationship with Annie Lennox.

Hotels and apartment buildings line the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The head of a sports travel agency specializing in packages for the Rio 2016 Olympics said that the company's business could be devastated if the Zika virus continues to s

#NPRreads: 4 Eye-Opening Stories To Read This Weekend

7:17am February 13, 2016

A medical mystery that started in Brazil. Nairobi's bustling food scene. Women and guns. And the man behind a new literary movement.

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In A Novel Of Frustrated Young Love, Sexuality Comes To The Forefront

7:00am February 13, 2016

by Heller McAlpin

In Tender, Irish novelist Belinda McKeon takes readers through the infatuation and obsession that comes with a lopsided love affair.

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'It's A Surviving Tool': 'Native' Tells Satirical Stories Of Life In Israel

7:45pm February 12, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to author Sayed Kashua, an Israeli-Palestinian whose satirical weekly columns in Haaretz newspaper are collected in his new book called Native.

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Animated Show 'Bordertown' Explores Both Sides Of Immigration Debate

7:44pm February 12, 2016

by Mandalit del Barco

Bordertown is about two families on both sides of the immigration debate. One is a white border patrol agent and his family and the other is a Mexican-American immigrant family.

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Is John Oliver's Show Journalism? He Says The Answer Is Simple: 'No'

7:44pm February 12, 2016

by NPR Staff

"Everything we do is in pursuit of comedy," Oliver says. But to get the comedy right, you have to get facts right: "You can't be wrong about something, otherwise that joke just disintegrates."

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It was recently announced that Aaron Sorkin will be adapting To Kill A Mockingbird for Broadway. Above, Scout's legs are tired after a particularly long "walk and talk." (Not really.) Above, Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch with Mary Badham as Scout and Phil

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To Sorkin A Mockingbird: Screenwriter Will Adapt Novel For Broadway

6:40pm February 12, 2016

by Lynn Neary

How will Aaron Sorkin's rapid-fire dialogue fit with Harper Lee's tale of racism and justice in the South?

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Need A Little Valentine's Day Perspective? 3 Romances Do The Trick

5:49pm February 12, 2016

by Ericka Brooks

Reviewer Ericka Brooks loves romance novels, but she felt like there was something missing in her collection. So she went looking for books with characters from all different backgrounds.

A War is freighted with moral quandaries, impossible choices and terrible consequences.

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Navigating A Minefield Of Moral Quandaries And Consequences In 'A War'

5:06pm February 12, 2016

by Bob Mondello

A War is a contender for the best foreign film Oscar. It's about a soldier in Afghanistan placed in an impossible situation, and NPR film critic Bob Mondello says it brings the big questions home.