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Nick Brooks on his new young adult novel 'Promise Boys'

7:57am January 29, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with author Nick Brooks about his new young adult novel, "Promise Boys," which follows the story of three Black boys after they are accused of a murder.

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Hanna Pylvainen on her new novel 'The End of Drum-Time'

8:04am January 28, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon interviews Hanna Pylvainen about her new novel, "The End of Drum-Time." It is set in northern Scandinavia in the 19th century.

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Scott Simon talks with Martin Patience about his new novel 'The Darker the Night'

8:04am January 28, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Scottish writer — and Weekend Edition producer — Martin Patience about his new political thriller, "The Darker the Night."

Lesley Manville stars in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris.

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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing

5:00pm January 27, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, and more.

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Classic LA noir meets the #MeToo era in the suspense novel 'Everybody Knows'

1:36pm January 26, 2023

by Maureen Corrigan

Jordan Harper's hardboiled plot centers on a "black-bag publicist" who works for a prestige crisis management firm, putting out fires and quieting scandals for Hollywood's elite.

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'After Sappho' brings women in history to life to claim their stories

7:09am January 26, 2023

by Rhoda Feng

Selby Wynn Schwartz's debut, longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, is partly a love letter to Virginia Woolf and poet Sappho, partly a work of literary criticism and partly a speculative biography.

Anderson says her memoir started out as a poem before she crafted it into a book.

Pamela Anderson on her new memoir — and why being underestimated is a secret weapon

5:01am January 26, 2023

Pamela Anderson, the Playboy Playmate and TV star who became one of the most famous sex symbols of all time, has written a book about herself. And it was her sons who gave her the idea.

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Oliver James lives in California with his partner and their two kids.

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A TikTok star who was functionally illiterate finds a community on BookTok

3:10pm January 25, 2023

by Lilly Quiroz

Oliver James is a TikTok star who pledged to read 100 books this year. He has had a lot of difficulty with reading since he was a child and is now teaching himself at age 34.

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"The crowds chasing us in A Hard Day's Night were based on moments like this," McCartney writes. "Taken out of the back of our car on West Fifty-Eighth, crossing the Avenue of the Americas."

For the Beatles-obsessed, here are 3 never-before-seen photos from 1964

1:46pm January 25, 2023

by Stephen Thompson

When the Beatles embarked on the tour that helped launch the British Invasion in 1964, Paul McCartney had a 35mm camera on hand to help document the history-making mayhem.

The Texas and the ATF flags fly at half staff April 23, 1993, over the only structure left standing after a fire destroyed the the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas on April 19.

30 years after the siege, 'Waco' examines what led to the catastrophe

1:24pm January 25, 2023

by Dave Davies

Writer Jeff Guinn draws on new interviews with federal agents and surviving Branch Davidians in his account of the confrontation, which left scores of people dead, including more than 20 children.

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