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Read 'Fates And Furies' With The 'Morning Edition' Book Club

8:14am October 13, 2015

The Morning Edition Book Club listeners can put their questions to the novelist Lauren Groff, author of the latest selection, "Fates And Furies." Renee Montagne explains how to submit a question.

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The Lessons Learned From A Scholar's Incendiary Tweets

4:32pm October 12, 2015

A debate over academic freedom of speech sparked in summer 2014 when the University of Illinois rescinded a job offer to a professor over a controversial set of tweets about the Israel-Gaza conflict.

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Exhibition Delves Below Deceptively Simple Surface Of Hemingway's Prose

4:04pm October 12, 2015

by Tom Vitale

A collection of first drafts, letters, outtakes and photos on display in New York City illuminate the inner workings of Ernest Hemingway's meticulous writing process — failures, flaws and all.

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'Bloom County' And Opus The Penguin Return After A 25-Year Hiatus

3:06pm October 12, 2015

Comic strip creator Berkeley Breathed tells Fresh Air's Sam Briger that a 2008 letter from author Harper Lee inspired him to re-launch his famous strip on Facebook. It's now called Bloom County 2015.

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Donna Karan On Motherhood, Fashion And Designing The Perfect Pair Of Jeans

1:19pm October 12, 2015

When Donna Karan started her brand in 1984, she thought it would be "a little company." Four decades later, she looks back on her life, her legacy and leaving her company. Her memoir is My Journey.

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'Fargo' Returns, With An Oddball Style Reminiscent Of 'Twin Peaks'

1:19pm October 12, 2015

by David Bianculli

The FX-drama series Fargo begins its second season Monday with a new story and cast. TV critic David Bianculli says the new season is full of charm, and "ridiculously loaded" with great performances.

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The entrance to the main building of Japan's iconic Hotel Okura in Tokyo. An outcry from architectural preservationists couldn't stop the demolition to make way for a high-rise tower.

Workers Are Tearing Down Tokyo's Hotel Okura, And History's Going With It

12:21pm October 12, 2015

by Elise Hu

The landmark Hotel Okura's design didn't meet the need for more rooms for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Now, an icon of Japanese mid-century modern architecture will disappear.

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"Love Me Madly," A Memoir Of Trauma And Healing

8:54am October 12, 2015

by Bethany Chafin

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'Mothers' Tells Stories Too Often Silenced

6:41am October 11, 2015

by Jane Ciabattari

Bonnie Jo Campbell's confessional, unforgettable new story collection gives a voice to mothers and daughters, struggling to get by, desperate to be heard, but despairing of an audience.

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Prize By Design: How The Nobels Put Artists On Deadline

5:05pm October 10, 2015