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'Kids Love To Be Scared': Louis Sachar On Balancing Fun And Fear

7:45pm October 19, 2015

by NPR Staff

The award-winning author of Holes has just published a new novel for young readers, called Fuzzy Mud. It mixes middle-school social puzzles with a more sinister mystery: a rogue biotech threat.

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Kelly Carlin (center) says her parents, Brenda and George Carlin, could never be accused of hovering over their only child — she says her dad was "the ultimate laissez faire parent."

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The Dark Side Of Funny: Growing Up In George Carlin's Shadow

7:43pm October 19, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

In A Carlin Home Companion, Kelly Carlin reflects on life with her famous comedian (and drug addicted) father. "This book has always felt like unfinished business," she says.

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A survey from the Authors Guild reveals a 30 percent decline in author income since 2009.

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When It Comes To Book Sales, What Counts As Success Might Surprise You

7:43pm October 19, 2015

by Lynn Neary

A survey from the Authors Guild reveals a 30 percent decline in author income since 2009. "You used to be able to make an absolutely living wage as a writer," says Guild President Roxana Robinson.

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Eddie Murphy Accepts Mark Twain Prize With Unexpected Bill Cosby Jokes

6:34pm October 19, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Geoff Edgers, national arts reporter for the Washington Post, who attended the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony Sunday night at the Kennedy Center.

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Andre Holland (left) and Clive Owen get serious in Episode 3 of the second season of The Knick.

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'The Knick' Returns To The Bloody Pursuit Of Knowledge

5:11pm October 19, 2015

by Michele Norris

The TV show, set in a New York City hospital in the early 1900s, depicts turn-of-the-century medicine in grisly detail. Stars Clive Owen and Andre Holland say there's no nostalgia involved.

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Piedmont Opera Presents Verdi's "Rigoletto"

9:05am October 19, 2015

by David Ford

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Welcome To Night Vale: Tales From The Cryptids

7:55am October 19, 2015

The cult podcast's creators, Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink, talk about its origin and taking it to the stage. Then host Cecil Baldwin leads a game about supernatural creatures and myths.

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On Cusp Of National Honor, A Look Back At Eddie Murphy's Career In Comedy

8:17pm October 18, 2015

by Michel Martin

This weekend, the Kennedy Center will award the 18th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to actor and comedian Eddie Murphy. NPR's Michel Martin takes a look back at Murphy's long career.

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A Model In A Hijab Talks About Her Faith And Fashion

8:02pm October 18, 2015

by Renee Montagne

Fashion retailer H&M featured non-fashion types in its latest video ad, including a London woman wearing a hijab. Mariah Idrissi, 23, talks about why she chooses to wear the head scarf.

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Shall I Compare Thee To An Algorithm? Turing Test Gets A Creative Twist

7:54pm October 18, 2015

by Joe Palca

Can a computer program craft passable prose — something readers can't distinguish from human-authored stuff? How about poetry, or dance mixes? New contests pose those challenges.

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