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Rich Housewives Go Under The Microscope In 'Primates Of Park Avenue'

1:23am July 11, 2015

by NPR Staff

In her new book, social researcher Wednesday Martin examines the sometimes puzzling culture of motherhood in that most exotic of locales — Manhattan's Upper East Side.

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Judicial Differences Take Center Stage In 'Scalia V. Ginsburg'

8:22pm July 10, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

The opera Scalia/Ginsburg debuts this weekend at the Castleton Festival in Virginia. The story originally aired on July 10, 2013 on All Things Considered.

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Sean Baker's Tangerine offers up a gallery of the vivid, profane, utterly riotous characters who inhabit the fringes of LA's sex industry.

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Be Your Own Self: The Lessons Of 'Do I Sound Gay?' And 'Tangerine'

8:22pm July 10, 2015

by Bob Mondello

Do I Sound Gay? follows a documentarian as he delves into his voice and the stereotypes associated with it, while Tangerine delivers a cinematic portrait of transgender sex workers in Los Angeles.

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After Death, James Tate's Poetry Continues To Delight

8:03pm July 10, 2015

by Craig Morgan Teicher

Though James Tate died before his new book was published, his influence and appeal persist due to his surrealist style and willingness to blend tragedy and comedy.

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#NPRreads: Wisconsin's First Lady And Syria's Dueling 'Godfathers'

6:04pm July 10, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

Also this week, an interview with John Lydon (you may know him as Johnny Rotten), race and Instagram filters, and the cost of living in Los Angeles.

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In Harper Lee's Return, First Chapter Swings From Homecoming To Heartbreak

3:19pm July 10, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

The opening chapter of Go Set A Watchman, Lee's first novel in 55 years, is out. Reactions ran from joy to shock — as readers coped with a plot twist and lingering doubts on the timing of its release.

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The Man Behind Wonder Woman Was Inspired By Both Suffragists And Centerfolds

3:09pm July 10, 2015

Wonder Woman's creator had a few secrets of his own. Historian Jill Lepore describes William Moulton Marstothe's unusual life in The Secret History of Wonder Woman. Originally broadcast Oct. 27, 2014.

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Daniel Silva On 'Double-Edged Sword' Of Writing An Israeli Spy Protagonist

2:09pm July 10, 2015

by NPR Staff

"Israel is extremely unpopular in the world right now," Silva says, and he doesn't always share his characters' opinions. The English Spy is Silva's 15th novel starring operative Gabriel Allon.

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