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Bangles cofounder Susanna Hoffs infused her debut novel with her love of music

4:29pm April 13, 2023

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with the Bangles cofounder Susanna Hoffs on her debut novel This Bird Has Flown and how she used her music career to create her main character, singer Jane Start.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley in the Universal Studios Florida theme park is pictured here in June 2014. This world will once again be brought to life on screen as a television series executive produced by author J.K. Rowling.

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'Harry Potter' books will be adapted into a decade-long TV series

11:07am April 13, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

Each season will be based on one book in the beloved series by controversial author J.K. Rowling, and the cast will be different from the films. Some fans are unhappy about Rowling's involvement.

Indigenous author explores the power of hair for Native Americans in children's book

5:08pm April 12, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

My Powerful Hair is Indigenous author Carole Lindstrom's new children's book. It is inspired by her grandmother, who was forced to cut off her hair to try to remove her from Native culture.

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A doctor reflects on the challenges of caring for a parent with Alzheimer's

2:05pm April 12, 2023

by Terry Gross

Dr. Sandeep Jauhar says caring for his dad was the hardest journey he's ever taken. His memoir, My Father's Brain, is also about the latest research into the disease, and why there's not yet a cure.

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Rep. Katie Porter is standing up to corporate America — one whiteboard at a time

5:35pm April 11, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rep. Katie Porter about her new memoir, I Swear: Politics is Messier Than My Minivan, about what it's like to work on Capitol Hill as a single mom with three young kids.

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NPR host Mary Louise Kelly reflects on juggling motherhood and chasing the news

1:26pm April 11, 2023

by Terry Gross

Kelly has reported from around the world, including from war zones. Her new memoir, It. Goes. So. Fast, chronicles her ongoing attempts to be a good mother — and be good at her job.

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Brittney Griner is working on a memoir about her captivity in Russia

1:02pm April 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

Saying she is ready to share the "unfathomable" experience of being arrested and incarcerated in Russia, basketball star Brittney Griner is working on a memoir that is scheduled for spring 2024.

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A daughter confronts the failures of our health care system in 'A Living Remedy'

2:25pm April 10, 2023

by Maureen Corrigan

Nicole Chung reflects on the deaths of her parents in a powerful new memoir, and how that loss was complicated by class, geographical distance and the pandemic.

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Celebrating #NPRPoetryMonth with Franny Choi

5:11pm April 09, 2023

We read listener-submitted poems, as NPR's Scott Detrow celebrates National Poetry Month with poet Franny Choi, author of the collection The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On.

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Mostly through images, a daughter grieves her mother in 'Ephemera'

7:00am April 09, 2023

by Tahneer Oksman

Briana Loewinsohn's graphic novel presents a fully developed internal, and external, landscape without leaning heavily on words. It's a sophisticated exploration of the weight adults carry around.