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When Baby Sloth tumbles out of a tree, Mama Sloth comes for him — s l o w l y

8:45am May 25, 2024

A mama sloth slowly gets to her baby in the children's book "Mama in the Moon." Author Doreen Cronin and illustrator Brian Cronin talk about their collaboration.

Mama in the Moon, written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Brian Cronin

When Baby Sloth tumbles out of a tree, Mama Sloth comes for him — s l o w l y

8:43am May 25, 2024

by Samantha Balaban

Did you know on average a sloth will fall out of a tree once a week for its entire life? It's true — and the inspiration for Brian Cronin and Doreen Cronin's new children's book, Mama in the Moon.

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Caleb Carr, author of 'The Alienist', dies at 68

8:33pm May 24, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

The New York-based author's books explored the origins of violence.

Author Kailene Bradley poses next to the cover of her recent book, The Ministry of Time

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Understanding the refugee experience, through a time-traveling British colonizer

12:56pm May 22, 2024

This week Code Switch digs into The Ministry of Time, a new book that author Kailene Bradley describes as a "romance about imperialism." It focuses on real-life Victorian explorer Graham Gore, who died on a doomed Arctic expedition in 1847. But in this novel, time travel is possible and Gore is brought to the 21st century where he's confronted with the fact that everyone he's ever known is dead, that the British Empire has collapsed, and that perhaps he was a colonizer.

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What's it like to live in a vacation spot when tourists leave? 'Wait' offers a window

11:12am May 22, 2024

by Heller McAlpin

Set during a uniquely stressful summer for one Nantucket family, Gabriella Burnham's second novel highlights the strong bonds between a mom and her daughters.

Stephen King's new story took him 45 years to write

11:00am May 22, 2024

Stephen King is out with a new collection of short stories. As you might expect from the reigning King of Horror, some are terrifying. Some are creepy. Others are laugh-out-loud funny.

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Horror icon Stephen King doubts it's possible to 'gross out' the American public

7:30pm May 21, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Stephen King about his new collections of short stories, You Like It Darker.

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Author Jenny Erpenbeck's novel Kairos was named this year's winner of the International Booker Prize.

A German novel about a tortured love affair wins 2024 International Booker Prize

5:01pm May 21, 2024

by Andrew Limbong

Jenny Erpenbeck's novel, translated by Michael Hofmann, follows a couple in 1980s East Berlin and their tumultuous relationship, while Germany undergoes its own political transformation.

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Kristen Wiig plays a former pageant queen in Palm Royale.

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Years ago, a psychic told Kristen Wiig to move to LA. She left the next day

1:55pm May 21, 2024

by Ann Marie Baldonado

The SNL alum co-stars with Carol Burnett in Palm Royale, an Apple TV+ series about a former pageant queen who wants to break into high society. Wiig says the show was a chance to work with "a legend."

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Prize-winning Bulgarian writer brings 'The Physics of Sorrow' to U.S. readers

1:27pm May 21, 2024

by Martha Anne Toll

Writer Georgi Gospodinov won the 2023 International Booker Prize for his book Time Shelter. The Physics of Sorrow, an earlier novel, now has an English translation by Angela Rodel.