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Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way Through Great Books by Cara Nicoletti

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Equal Parts Memoir, Cookbook And Lit-Crit, 'Voracious' Tells Delicious Stories

9:34am August 16, 2015

by NPR Staff

Through recipes and biographical vignettes, author Cara Nicoletti's new book brings literature to life. Nicoletti tells NPR's Rachel Martin that food has always been part of her reading.

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Author Sets Out To Find Gold In 'Fever'

9:34am August 16, 2015

Host Rachel Martin talks with British author Steve Boggan about his quest for California gold in his new book, Gold Fever.

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This dish — mussels smoked in pine needles and pine ash butter — was inspired by a 1605 recipe that the explorer Samuel de Champlain made for his men while traveling through Canada. It's one of many historically inspired items on the menu at the Toron

Canada's Historical Fare Reimagined For The Modern Diner

11:59pm August 15, 2015

by Suzanne Cope

A restaurant in Toronto dives deep into centuries-old recipes to re-imagine what native Canadian cuisine means. It's part of a movement among chefs exploring heritage and identity through food.

The Transformation Of The LAPD — And The Work That Remains

6:56pm August 15, 2015

by NPR Staff

Joe Domanick's Blue traces the history of the Los Angeles police and the shift away from a "disastrous policy" of using military-style tactics. The author shares lessons for departments nationwide.

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A Historic Fight Over Public Housing Makes For Fine Drama On HBO

2:19pm August 15, 2015

by Linda Holmes

David Simon, perhaps television's greatest chronicler of institutional inertia, brings a painful and complex story of 1980s local politics to the network where he made The Wire.

Recording artist and actor Dwight Yoakam performs during the Route 91 Harvest country music festival at the MGM Resorts Village on Oct. 4, 2014, in Las Vegas.

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Not My Job: Dwight Yoakam Gets Quizzed On The World's Happiest Man

11:47am August 15, 2015

The country singer and songwriter has shared many songs of woe. So we asked him three questions about Matthieu Ricard, a blissful Buddhist monk.

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HBO's 'Hero' Tells A Slow Story In Too Many Hours

10:36am August 15, 2015

NPR TV critic Eric Deggans reviews the anticipated new HBO show from The Wire's David Simon, Show Me a Hero.

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Dealing With Freedom — And Disaster — In 'Fortune Smiles'

10:36am August 15, 2015

by NPR Staff

Author Adam Johnson won the Pulitzer in 2013 for his novel The Orphan Master's Son. Now, he's branching out to places as diverse as Louisiana and East Germany in a new collection of short stories.

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Love Lines: A Summer Sampler Of Romantic Manga

10:03am August 15, 2015

by Etelka Lehoczky

Our Summer of Love rolls on with a roundup of romance manga. Japanese comic books can be a daunting field to enter — but we've picked three of the sweetest for your summer reading pleasure.

Laura Dreyfuss plays Zoe, Connor's bereaved sister, and Ben Platt is Evan in Dear Evan Hansen.

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'Evan Hansen' Makes Music Out Of Teen Angst And Anxiety

7:08pm August 14, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

A new musical by Tony-nominated songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen is a comedic drama that deals with teen suicide in the age of social media.

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